List of largest Eastern Orthodox church buildings

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 5,000 people, can be added to this page. The church building are listed in alphabetical order according to country. The churches are from various jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church, which is the body of Christians in communion with the Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople (Istanbul).

The largest Orthodox church building is either the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour or the Church of Saint Sava, depending on the measurements used.[1]

NameImagesCapacity
(worshipers)		AreaVolume
(m³)		CityJurisdictionCountryYear Built
Saint Isaac's Cathedral
(museum & cathedral)
14,0007,000 m²Saint PetersburgMoscow PatriarchateRussia Russia1858
Church of Saint Sava
10,8005,400 m²
[2]		170,000 m³
[3]		BelgradeSerbian Orthodox ChurchSerbia Serbia1989
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
10,0004,900 m²194,900 m³
[4]		MoscowMoscow PatriarchateRussia RussiaDemolished 1931, Rebuilt 2000
Kazan Cathedral
(Saint Petersburg)
6,0004,000 m²Saint PetersburgMoscow PatriarchateRussia Russia1811
Tsminda Sameba Cathedral
10,0003,000 m²137,000 m³TbilisiPatriarchate of GeorgiaGeorgia (country) Georgia2004
Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
5,0003,000 m²KronstadtMoscow PatriarchateRussia Russia1913
Novocherkassk Ascension Cathedral
5,0002,900 m²135,000 m³
[5]		NovocherkasskMoscow PatriarchateRussia Russia1904
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
5,000[6]3,170 m²[7]86,000 m³
[8]		SofiaPatriarchate of BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria1912
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
5,000[9]3,170 m²TallinnMoscow PatriarchateEstonia Estonia1900
Poti Cathedral
5,0002,000 m²PotiPatriarchate of GeorgiaGeorgia (country) Georgia1906
Saint Andrew of Patras
7,000[10]2,600 m²[10]PatrasGreek Orthodox ChurchGreece Greece1908-1974[11]
Resurrection Cathedral
1,660 m²TiranaAlbanian Orthodox ChurchAlbania Albania2014
Agios Minas Cathedral
8,0001,350 m²[12]HeraklionGreek Orthodox ChurchGreece Greece1895
Church of Saint Panteleimon
10,000[13]AthensGreek Orthodox ChurchGreece Greece1930
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
10,000[14]JerusalemPatriarchate of JerusalemIsrael /State of Palestine Israel/Palestine326
Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral
5,000DaugavpilsMoscow PatriarchateLatvia Latvia1905
Ascension of the Lord Cathedral
5,000[15]1,706 m²BacăuPatriarchate of RomaniaRomania Romania2017
Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral
5,000[16]1,542 m²50,000 m³
[17]		TimișoaraPatriarchate of RomaniaRomania Romania1940
Church of the Nativity of Christ
5,000[18]KyshtymMoscow PatriarchateRussia Russia1857
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
5,000Saint PetersburgMoscow PatriarchateRussia Russia1753
Sophia Cathedral
5,000Saint PetersburgMoscow PatriarchateRussiaRussia1788
Transfiguration Cathedral of Ugresha Monastery
7,000Dzerzhinsky, Moscow OblastMoscow PatriarchateRussiaRussia1521
St. Michael's Cathedral
12,000CherkasyUkrainian Orthodox ChurchUkraine Ukraine2000
Odessa Cathedral
10,000[19]OdessaUkrainian Orthodox ChurchUkraine Ukraine1837, rebuilt 2003
Uspenski Cathedral
1,000 m²HelsinkiFinnish Orthodox Church (Autonomous church under Ecumenical Patriarchate)Finland Finland1868
Uzhhorod Orthodox Cathedral
5,000UzhhorodUkrainian Orthodox ChurchUkraine Ukraine1990
Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași
IașiPatriarchate of RomaniaRomania Romania1839/1886
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Sibiu
SibiuPatriarchate of RomaniaRomania Romania1904

Under construction

Name Images Capacity (worshipers) Area Volume
(m³)		 City Jurisdiction Country Completion Comment
People's Salvation Cathedral[20]
 6,0006,200 m²323,000 m³
[21][22]		BucharestPatriarchate of Romania Romania 25 November 2018 Will become the largest Orthodox church in the world when completed.

See also

References

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  10. 1 2 Dr. Ing. Ch. Apostolopoulos, Laboratory of technology and strength of Materials, University of Patras, Article with title "Historical data from construction - damages in the structure of the new church of Saint Andrew in Patras", 3rd National Conference Mild Interventions for the Protection of Historic Structures, Thessaloniki, 2009 (pdf article in Greek)
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  18. ↑ "Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk region - Parks and Landscapes". www.parksandlandscapes.org. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  19. ↑ "Spaso-Preobrazenskiy Cathedral in Odessa Ukraine". 1 December 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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  21. ↑ Cathedral & underground ~ 532,000 m3
  22. ↑ "DVD - Şantierul Catedralei Mântuirii Neamului". Patriarhia Română.
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