The Transfiguration men's monastery in the village of Talova Balka, Oleksandriia district, Kirovohrad region, is a newly created house of the Oleksandriia diocese. The Information and Education Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, citing the diocese's press service, reported that Metropolitan Boholiep of Oleksandriia and Svitlovodsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy there on 15 January 2026.
According to that report, the hierarch prayed for peace in Ukraine, for soldiers, for all the faithful and for the strengthening of monastic life in the new house.
On its own site the Oleksandriia diocese called the founding of the monastery a significant event in the spiritual life of the region and wrote that the house is meant to become a centre of prayer, piety and spiritual support for all who come there. The diocese also stated that the monastery was created by a decision of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church dated 16 December 2025.
During the service, the department said, Metropolitan Boholiep appointed Father Serafym the superior of the new house and wished him wisdom, patience and zealous labour for the good of the monastery and the Church.
At the end of the service, the report says, the metropolitan addressed all those present with a word of instruction on the importance of monastic service, obedience and labour to the glory of God, and expressed the hope that the new house would become a place of spiritual strengthening and a source of living faith for many generations.
Sources: Information and Education Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 15 January 2026; Oleksandriia diocese, 19 January 2026; Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU), 16 January 2026.
