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 3,000 people or more, can be added to this page. Entries are included even if a premises otherwise meeting the criterion currently does not function as a church. For example, the Hagia Sophia in Turkey 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 buildings are listed in alphabetical order according to country. The churches are from various jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

List

NameImageArea (m²)Gross volume (m³)CapacityBuiltCityCountryJurisdictionNotes
InteriorExterior
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 [a][7]2010–presentBucharest RomaniaPatriarchate of RomaniaAlong 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 [b]
4,000 m² [8]7,418 m²[9]260,000 m³12,000 [10]1818-1858, Museum 1931 Partly reopened for services 1992Saint Petersburg RussiaState Russian MuseumWith 105 m length and 93 m width it is the Orthodox church building that has the greatest groundfloor extent.
Hagia Sophia
7,960[citation needed]255,800 m³ [11]532–537Istanbul  TurkeyEcumenical Patriarchate 537-1453converted to mosque
Church of Saint Sava
3,650 m² [c][12]4,830 m²[13]170,000 m³ [12]6,000−10,000 [d][14][12]1935–2004Belgrade SerbiaSerbian PatriarchateIt 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] [e]6,829.3 m² [15][17]101,992 m³ [15]10,000 [18]1839–1883, Demolished 1931, Rebuilt 1994–2000Moscow RussiaMoscow PatriarchateThe 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
4,000 m²[citation needed]6,000[citation needed]1811Saint Petersburg RussiaMoscow Patriarchate
Trinity Izmailovsky Cathedral
3,500 m²
[20]
3,000
[20]
1835Saint Petersburg RussiaMoscow Patriarchate
Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi (Tsminda Sameba Cathedral)3,000 m²[citation needed]137,000 m³[citation needed]10,000[citation needed]1995-2004Tbilisi GeorgiaPatriarchate of Georgia
Novocherkassk Ascension Cathedral
2,900 m²[citation needed]135,000 m³
[21]
5,000[citation needed]1904Novocherkassk RussiaMoscow Patriarchate
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
3,170 m²
[22]
86,000 m³
[23]
5,000
[24]
1882-1912Sofia BulgariaPatriarchate of Bulgaria
Transfiguration Cathedral
3,100 m²[citation needed]9,000
[25]
1837, rebuilt 2003Odesa UkraineMoscow Patriarchate
Smolny Convent
3,000 m²[citation needed]6,000
[26]
1764Saint Petersburg RussiaMoscow Patriarchate
Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
3,000 m²[citation needed]5,000[citation needed]1913Kronstadt RussiaMoscow Patriarchate
Church of Saint Panteleimon
2,400 m²[citation needed]5,000[citation needed]1930Athens GreeceGreek Orthodox Church
Holy Trinity Cathedral2,100 m²[citation needed]5,000[citation needed]1990–presentBaia Mare RomaniaPatriarchate of Romania
Annunciation Cathedral
2,000 m²[citation needed]5,000
[27]
1901Kharkiv UkraineUkrainian Orthodox Church
Saint Andrew of Patras
2,600 m²
[28]
7,000
[28]
1908–1974[29]Patras GreeceGreek Orthodox Church
Cathedral of the Lord's Ascension1,706 m²
[30]
5,000[citation needed]2017Bacău RomaniaPatriarchate of Romania
Resurrection Cathedral
1,660 m²[citation needed]5,000[citation needed]2014Tirana AlbaniaAlbanian Orthodox Church
Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral
1,542 m²[31]50,000 m³
[31]
5,000
[32]
1940Timișoara RomaniaPatriarchate of RomaniaWith 91 m height It is the second tallest church building in Romania.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
1,450 m²[citation needed]4,000[citation needed]1900Tallinn EstoniaMoscow Patriarchate
Agios Minas Cathedral
1,350 m²
[33]
3,000[citation needed]1895Heraklion GreeceGreek Orthodox Church
Saint Mark's Church
1,150 m²[citation needed]3,000[citation needed]1931–1940Belgrade SerbiaSerbian Patriarchate
Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral
1,100 m²[citation needed]3,000[citation needed]1905Daugavpils LatviaMoscow Patriarchate
Poti Cathedral
1,000 m²[citation needed]3,000[citation needed]1906Poti GeorgiaPatriarchate of Georgia
Uspenski Cathedral
1,000 m²[citation needed]1868Helsinki FinlandFinnish Orthodox Church
St. Michael's Cathedral
12,000[citation needed]2000Cherkasy UkraineUkrainian Orthodox Church
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
10,000[34]326Jerusalem / Israel/PalestinePatriarchate of Jerusalem
Transfiguration Cathedral of Ugresha Monastery
7,000[citation needed]1894Dzerzhinsky, Moscow Oblast RussiaMoscow Patriarchate
Church of the Nativity of Christ
5,000[35]1857Kyshtym RussiaMoscow Patriarchate
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
5,000[citation needed]1753Saint Petersburg RussiaMoscow Patriarchate
Sophia Cathedral
5,000[citation needed]1788Saint Petersburg RussiaMoscow Patriarchate
Uzhhorod Orthodox Cathedral
5,000[citation needed]1990Uzhhorod UkraineUkrainian Orthodox Church
Iași Metropolitan Cathedral
3,000
[36]
1887Iași RomaniaPatriarchate of Romania
Church of Holy Transfiguration
1873–1878Pančevo SerbiaSerbian Patriarchate

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