The first meeting of the new administration took place in the Church of St. John the Divine, which, soon proved too small to perform this function.
In coordination with the municipal authorities the cathedral has placed in the area of intersection of Bolshevitskaya and Sovetskaya streets.
[1] Around the main "bowl" of the cathedral, there is an observation deck, where from the height of approximately 40-meters people can see a panorama of the city of Saransk and surrounding neighborhoods.
[2] The basement of the church includes a baptismal area of the Transfiguration with the baptistery, an auditorium, classrooms for Sunday school, refectory, prosfornaya, offices of the Rector and sacristan, a room for the priests, the sacristy, library, technical and other facilities.
The ground floor has a gallery of photos on the history of the construction of the cathedral from the foundation stone to his consecration, the arrival at Mordovia Kirill I of Moscow in 2011, and pilgrimage trips to Masters Varsonofy greatest shrines of Christianity.