By 1994, the Ryazan Regional Museum, located in the Kremlin, housed an antimins, a cloth depicting the face of Christ for communion. It bore the inscription: "In the year 7120, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ of the Great Moscow Kingdom was consecrated, during the time of the Ryazan boyars and Archbishop Theodorite, in memory of the liberation of Moscow from the Poles." This allowed local historians to suggest that the wooden Transfiguration Church on the Yar was built in 1612. Before its construction, there was a cemetery chapel of the Transfiguration burial site of the Ryazan fortress, which was dismantled after the church schism during Patriarch Nikon's time. In 1687, the wooden church burned down but was soon restored. Eight years later, with funds from the nobleman Ivan Verderensky, a stone church and bell tower were built, which have survived to this day. Ivan Ivanovich came from an ancient noble family associated with Oleg of Ryazan. His ancestors lived in the 15th-17th centuries in Pereyaslavl-Ryazansky and were buried at the Transfiguration burial site. The Spasoyarskaya Church has been repaired and rebuilt multiple times. In 1891, its appearance changed significantly: the portal on the southern facade was moved, a new window was installed, the northern portal was removed, auxiliary rooms were added, window frames were altered, and crosses were replaced. At the end of the 19th century, the rector became Yevgeny Petrovich Melekhov, a graduate of the Moscow Spiritual Academy. Under him, the domes and the bell tower were covered with galvanized iron, a stone vestibule was built, floors and frames were updated, window frames were changed, new gates and a fence were installed, and stoves and ventilation were repaired. The interior walls were finished to look like marble, and images of Russian saints appeared in the niches of the kokoshniks. In 1924, the Soviet authorities closed the church, and Father Yevgeny was arrested and exiled. The church was used as an incubator for chickens and later, during the war, as housing. In the 1950s, it housed the Naval School of DOSAAF, which damaged the walls. In early 1994, the building was transferred to the Ryazan Diocese, and on August 19, it was consecrated by Archbishop Simon Novikov. The restoration involved Ryazan Cossacks, and the rector became Archpriest Sergey Pushkin. In 1995, the church was returned to the Orthodox Church, and repair work began. Today, this beautiful building adorns Ryazan, and daily services are held there.