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The Church of the Holy Transfiguration of God

Location: Sokobanja
The Timok Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church
http://eparhija-timocka.org

The Church of the Holy Transfiguration of God located in the centre of Sokobanja was built in 1892. It was built by Italian master builders and a big donor and the one who initiated the works was a Serb, His Eminency Metropolitan Mihailo, born in Sokobanja.

Metropolitan Mihailo was born on the 19th August 1826, on the day of Transfiguration of our Lord and that is how the church got its name.
The church was consecrated in April 1892, at Easter. Russian count, Todor Kotov, who donated a chalice and two Gospels, was present during this solemn act. There is a bust of Metropolitan Mihailo in the churchyard.