List of largest Eastern Orthodox church buildings

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This is a list of the largest Eastern Orthodox church buildings in the world, based on area and capacity. Any Eastern Orthodox church building that has a capacity of 3,000 people or more, can be added to this page. Entries are included even if they currently do not function as a church. For example, the Hagia Sophia is included – it was originally built as a church but was later converted into a mosque. Sorting is done by volume (priority) and area. The church building are listed in alphabetical order according to country. The churches are from various jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

## Contents

* 1 List
* 2 See also
* 3 Footnotes
* 4 References

## List

Name  | Image  | Area (m²)  | Gross volume (m³)  | Capacity  | Built  | City  | Country  | Jurisdiction  | Notes

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People's Salvation Cathedral  |  | 8,400 m² [1][2][3][4] | ca. 13,670 m²[1][4][5][6] | 478,857 m³[4] | 7,000 [lower-alpha 1][7] | 2010–present  | Bucharest |  Romania  | Patriarchate of Romania | Along with the largest volume and interior area, 126,1 m high and 120 m long, it is the tallest and longest Orthodox church building in the world.[4]
Saint Isaac's Cathedral [lower-alpha 2] |  | 4,000 m² [8] | 7,418 m²[9] | 260,000 m³  | 12,000 [10] | 1818-1858, Museum 1931  | Saint Petersburg  |  Russia | State Russian Museum  | With 105 m length and 93 m width it is the Orthodox church building that has the greatest groundfloor extent.
Hagia Sophia  |  |  | 255,800 m³ [11] |  | 532–537  | Istanbul  |  Turkey  | Ecumenical Patriarchate 537-1453  | converted to mosque
Church of Saint Sava  |  | 3,650 m² [lower-alpha 3][12] | 4,830 m²[13] | 170,000 m³ [12] | 6,000−10,000 [lower-alpha 4][14][12] | 1935–2004  | Belgrade |  Serbia  | Serbian Patriarchate | It is the tallest (78 m), longest (91 m), widest (81 m) and largest (by area and volume) church building in the Balkans.
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour  |  | 3,990 m² [15][16] [lower-alpha 5] | 6,829.3 m² [15][17] | 101,992 m³ [15] | 10,000 [18] | 1839–1883, Demolished 1931, Rebuilt 1994–2000  | Moscow |  Russia | Moscow Patriarchate | The church building has an underground area of 28,000 m², it contains the hall of the church council with 1,250 places, the hall of the synod meetings, refectory, and technical installations[19]
Kazan Cathedral  |  |  |  | 1811  | Saint Petersburg  |  Russia | Moscow Patriarchate |
Trinity Izmailovsky Cathedral  |  | 3,500 m²
[20] |  |  | 3,000
[20] | 1835  | Saint Petersburg  |  Russia | Moscow Patriarchate |
Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi (Tsminda Sameba Cathedral)  |  |  | 1995-2004  | Tbilisi |  Georgia | Patriarchate of Georgia |
Novocherkassk Ascension Cathedral  |  |  | 135,000 m³
[21] | 1904  | Novocherkassk  |  Russia | Moscow Patriarchate |
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral  |  | 3,170 m²
[22] |  | 86,000 m³
[23] | 5,000
[24] | 1882-1912  | Sofia |  Bulgaria  | Patriarchate of Bulgaria | It is the tallest (53 m) and largest (by area and volume) Orthodox cathedral in the Balkan peninsula.
Transfiguration Cathedral  |  |  |  | 9,000
[25] | 1837, rebuilt 2003  | Odesa  |  Ukraine | Moscow Patriarchate |
Smolny Convent  |  |  |  | 6,000
[26] | 1764  | Saint Petersburg  |  Russia | Moscow Patriarchate |
Kronstadt Naval Cathedral  |  |  |  | 1913  | Kronstadt  |  Russia | Moscow Patriarchate |
Church of Saint Panteleimon  |  |  |  | 1930  | Athens |  Greece  | Greek Orthodox Church |
Holy Trinity Cathedral  |  |  |  | 1990–present  | Baia Mare  |  Romania  | Patriarchate of Romania |
Annunciation Cathedral  |  |  |  | 5,000
[27] | 1901  | Kharkiv  |  Ukraine | Ukrainian Orthodox Church |
Saint Andrew of Patras  |  | 2,600 m²
[28] |  |  | 7,000
[28] | 1908–1974[29] | Patras |  Greece  | Greek Orthodox Church |
Cathedral of the Lord's Ascension  |  | 1,706 m²
[30] |  |  | 2017  | Bacău  |  Romania  | Patriarchate of Romania |
Resurrection Cathedral  |  |  |  | 2014  | Tirana |  Albania  | Albanian Orthodox Church  |
Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral  |  | 1,542 m²[31] |  | 50,000 m³
[31] | 5,000
[32] | 1940  | Timișoara |  Romania  | Patriarchate of Romania | With 91 m height It is the second tallest church building in Romania.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral  |  |  |  | 1900  | Tallinn |  Estonia  | Moscow Patriarchate |
Agios Minas Cathedral  |  | 1,350 m²
[33] |  |  | 1895  | Heraklion |  Greece  | Greek Orthodox Church |
Saint Mark's Church  |  |  |  | 1931–1940  | Belgrade |  Serbia  | Serbian Patriarchate |
Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral  |  |  |  | 1905  | Daugavpils  |  Latvia  | Moscow Patriarchate |
Poti Cathedral  |  |  |  | 1906  | Poti  |  Georgia | Patriarchate of Georgia |
Uspenski Cathedral  |  |  |  |  | 1868  | Helsinki |  Finland | Finnish Orthodox Church |
St. Michael's Cathedral  |  |  |  |  | 2000  | Cherkasy  |  Ukraine | Ukrainian Orthodox Church |
Church of the Holy Sepulchre  |  |  |  |  | 10,000[34] | 326  | Jerusalem | / Israel/Palestine | Patriarchate of Jerusalem  |
Transfiguration Cathedral of Ugresha Monastery  |  |  |  |  | 1894  | Dzerzhinsky, Moscow Oblast  |  Russia | Moscow Patriarchate |
Church of the Nativity of Christ  |  |  |  |  | 5,000[35] | 1857  | Kyshtym  |  Russia | Moscow Patriarchate |
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral  |  |  |  |  | 1753  | Saint Petersburg  |  Russia | Moscow Patriarchate |
Sophia Cathedral  |  |  |  |  | 1788  | Saint Petersburg  |  Russia | Moscow Patriarchate |
Uzhhorod Orthodox Cathedral  |  |  |  |  | 1990  | Uzhhorod  |  Ukraine | Ukrainian Orthodox Church |
Iași Metropolitan Cathedral  |  |  |  |  | 3,000
[36] | 1887  | Iași |  Romania  | Patriarchate of Romania |
Church of Holy Transfiguration  |  |  |  |  |  | 1873–1878  | Pančevo  |  Serbia  | Serbian Patriarchate |

## See also

* List of tallest Eastern Orthodox church buildings
* List of largest church buildings
* List of tallest domes
* Lists of cathedrals
* List of Greek Orthodox churches in the United States
* List of Russian Orthodox churches

## Footnotes

1. ↑ The cathedral is projected for 10,000 people in the main cathedral building and underground galleries. A total of 7,000 peoples/worshipers can attend at the holy liturgy in the same time, with 1,000 – choirs (three places), clergy, three levels of balconies right-left, and 6,000 pilgrims. In the underground galleries can be accommodate 3,000 peoples.
2. ↑ Currently functions as a museum
3. ↑ The official site specifies that, the Nave & Altar area is 3,650 m2 and the three Narthex area is 1,444 m2. The total internal area of the temple (cathedral) is 5,094 m2 (without stairs). On the official site, the area of the temple is specified separately, not as a total. This is why confusion arises. Note! To the paragraph above: No, the official site does not say that. 1,444 sq. meters is the combined area of the second level and not the floor. This 1,444 sq. meters is the combined area of the balconies for the choirs. This is clearly stated in the official site and there is no confusion. Furthermore, the total external area of the church (without the stairs) is 4830 sq. meters – given by the official cadastre.
4. ↑ The official site specifies that, on the nave floor can be accommodated 7,000 worshipers. More precisely 6,300 worshipers on the nave floor and 700 choirs (balconies). In the temple galleries (underground), can be accommodated 3,000 worshipers. Also the official site specifies that, in total 10,000 worshipers, can accommodated on the nave floor and in the underground galleries. The nave floor criterion is considered standard without annexes. Also valued at 10,000 can be disputed including the annexes, to increase the value.
5. ↑ The church covers 3980 m2

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Romania's National Cathedral. Construction World May 2018
2. ↑ "Catedrala Neamului". Patriarhia Română.ro. http://www.catedralaneamului.ro/index.php/construim-catedrala/o-catedrala-pentru-capitala-date-corecte-si-semnificative.
3. ↑ "The biggest orthodox church in the world". Business-review.eu. 23 November 2018. http://business-review.eu/br-exclusive/cathedral-of-the-nations-salvation-the-largest-orthodox-church-in-the-world-two-days-before-the-consecration-191764.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Conceptul Catedralei – Catedrala Națională" (in ro-RO). https://catedrala-nationala.ro/conceptul-catedralei/.
5. ↑ The Database of Buildings: Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului Românesc in Bucharest [1]
6. ↑ Annual Report Umdasch Group 2018: The largest church in the Balkans (PDF)
7. ↑ Iftimiu, Aurelian (2018-06-29). "Mosaic icons began to be applied on the National Cathedral's iconostasis" (in en). Basilica.ro. http://basilica.ro/en/mosaic-icons-began-to-be-applied-on-the-national-cathedrals-iconostasis/.
8. ↑ "Архитектура". http://cathedral.ru/ru/isaac/architecture.
9. ↑ Zoran Veljovic: the largest orthodox temple
10. ↑ "Исаакиевский собор". Artnight.ru. http://www.artnight.ru/program/isaakievskiy-sobor.
11. ↑ Wieslaw Woszczyk (27 January 2014). "Aural Architecture: Music, Acoustics, and Ritual". Stanford University. https://auralarchitecture.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/onassis_seminar_woszczyk_2014_lt.pdf. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Храм у простору и бројевима". \- Hram Svetog Save. http://hramsvetogsave.rs/O-Hramu/Gradnja-Hrama/Hram-u-prostoru-i-brojevima.
13. ↑ Cadastre of the Republic of Serbia cadastral parcel of the church of saint sava 1819/2 at 4830 m², Opstina Savski Venac
14. ↑ "Организација унутрашњег простора Храма и његове функције". \- Hram Svetog Save. http://hramsvetogsave.rs/gradnja-hrama/arhitektura-hrama/unutrasnje-uredjenje/organizacija-unutrasnjeg-prostora-hrama-i-njegove-funkcije/.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Official Site Построение Храма
16. ↑ Dmitri Sidorov 2004: National Monumentalization ant the Politics of Scale: The Resurrections of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow (PDF)
17. ↑ Dmitri Sidorov 2004: National Monumentalization ant the Politics of Scale: The Resurrections of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow (PDF)
18. ↑ "Храм Христа Спасителя". http://new.xxc.ru/about/kompleks_hrama/hram_hrista_spasitelya/.
19. ↑ https://zoranveljovic11.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/the-largest-orthodox-temple-h.jpg [bare URL image file]
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Собор Святой Живоначальной Троицы". Izmsobor.ru. http://www.izmsobor.ru/ru/.
21. ↑ "Патриарший Вознесенский войсковой всеказачий собор – Достопримечательности – Официальный сайт города Новочеркасска". https://novochgrad.ru/texts/sights/id/100.html.
22. ↑ "15 Century Bulgaria Foundation (15 века БЪЛГАРИЯ) website, article with title Patriarchal cathedral stauropigial memorial church St. Alexander Nevsky (pdf in English)". http://15veka.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ENG_PATRIARCHAL-CATHEDRAL-STAUROPIGIAL.pdf.
23. ↑ "София 1968 г. – ОБИКОЛКА НА ГРАДА". http://www.omda.bg/public/biblioteka/obikolka_sofia_1968/obikolka_sofia_balkantourist_1968_5.htm.
24. ↑ "Sofia Sights - Alexander Nevski Cathedral, Boyana Church, Bulgarian National Library and Tsar's Palace". http://insidesofia.com/sofia-sights
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25. ↑ "ОДЕСА: СОБОР,ЩО ПРЕОБРАЖАЄ". Risu.Orh.ua. https://risu.org.ua/ua/relig_tourism/religious_region/60979/.
26. ↑ Смольный монастырь, собор
27. ↑ Благовіщенський собор у Харкові
28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Dr. Charis Alk. Apostolopoulos, University of Patras, "Historical data from construction – damages in the structure of the new church of Saint Andrew in Patras", Proceedings of 3rd National Conference "Mild interventions for the protection of historic structures. New Design Trends", Ministry of Culture, Thessaloniki 2009 (paper in Greek)
29. ↑ "Πάτρα - Ι.Ν. Αγίου Ανδρέα: Ο μεγαλύτερος των Βαλκανίων...". 18 November 2013. http://www.thebest.gr/news/index/viewStory/232393.
30. ↑ "Megaconstrucţii: Catedrala "Înălţarea Domnului" din Bacău". http://www.deferlari.ro/2011/02/megaconstructii-catedrala-inaltarea.html.
31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 "Catedrala din Timişoara, stil şi eleganţă". http://ziarullumina.ro/catedrala-din-timisoara-stil-si-eleganta-72582.html.
32. ↑ WR. "Metropolitan Cathedral, Timișoara·". http://www.welcometoromania.ro/Timisoara/Timisoara_Catedrala_Ortodoxa_e.htm.
33. ↑ Chiotaki Aspasia, Bachelor Thesis with title Religious Tourism in Heraklion, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, 2009
34. ↑ "Israel News – The Jerusalem post". http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=217670.
35. ↑ "Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk region – Parks and Landscapes". http://www.parksandlandscapes.org/blog/kyshtym-chelyabinsk-region-russia/.
36. ↑ "Iași Metropolitan Ensemble – The Metropolitan Cathedral". http://iasi.travel/en/stories/iasi-metropolitan-ensemble-the-metropolitan-cathedral/.

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