Orthodox Christians in Tolyatti are outraged by plans to build a shopping and entertainment complex next to the temple

In July, more than 5,000 Orthodox residents of Togliatti signed an appeal to the mayor of the city Anatoly Pushkov with a request to reconsider the decision of the town planning council, which gave permission to build a shopping and entertainment complex in the immediate vicinity of the Transfiguration Cathedral. Parishioners of the cathedral believe that the shopping center, designed for 150 stores, should not be adjacent to the shrine.

“Everyone who has already managed to express their attitude to the outrageous decision of the city planning council proposes to place on an empty plot of 32 blocks the most decent institutions next to the cathedral: an administrative office, a school building, a children’s park. Many agreed that it was here that it was necessary build an educational building of the Orthodox Institute," told TLTnews . Vyacheslav Kashov, a representative of the initiative group,

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• Five thousand parishioners against the shopping mall near the Transfiguration Cathedral // TLTnews.ru. 2008. July 23.