The Cathedral of the Transfiguration stands on a bluff overlooking the Amur River in the southern part of Khabarovsk, its five golden cupolas visible for kilometres across the flat river plain. The cathedral is one of the largest Orthodox churches built in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union — a massive presence in a city that otherwise has only modest pre-revolutionary architecture left.
The interior is richly decorated with frescoes and a multi-tiered iconostasis in the traditional Russian Orthodox style. The cathedral is an active parish church serving the Khabarovsk faithful, and services are held daily. Visitors are welcome outside service hours; a head covering is required for women. The position on the southern bluff makes it a natural extension of a walk along the Amur riverside promenade heading south from the city centre.