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. The church buildings are listed in alphabetical order according to country. The churches are from various jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Name Image Area (m²) Gross volume (m³) Capacity Built City Country Jurisdiction Notes
Interior Exterior
People's Salvation Cathedral
Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului - București (Iulie 2020).jpg
 8,400 m² [1][2][3][4] 13,670 m² [1][4][5][6] 478,857 m³[4] 7,000 [a][7] 2010–2025 Bucharest Romania Romania Patriarchate of Romania The world’s largest, tallest, and longest Eastern Orthodox church building.[4]
Saint Isaac's Cathedral [b]
4,000 m² [8] 7,418 m²[9] 260,000 m³ 12,000 [10] 1818–1858 Saint Petersburg Russia Russia State Russian Museum Eastern Orthodox church building with the largest footprint.
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
3,990 m² [11][12] [c] 6,829 m² [11][13] 194,900 m³ [11] 10,000 [14] 1839–1883, rebuilt 1994–2000 Moscow Russia Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Church of Saint Sava
3,650 m² [d][15] 4,830 m² [16] 170,000 m³ [15] 7,000 [e][17][15] 1935–2020 Belgrade Serbia Serbia Serbian Patriarchate
Kazan Cathedral
4,000 m²[citation needed] 6,000[citation needed] 1811 Saint Petersburg Russia Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Trinity Izmailovsky Cathedral
3,500 m²
[18]		 3,000
[18]		 1835 Saint Petersburg Russia Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi
3,000 m²[citation needed] 137,000 m³[citation needed] 10,000[citation needed] 1995-2004 Tbilisi Georgia (country) Georgia Patriarchate of Georgia
Novocherkassk Ascension Cathedral
2,988 m²[citation needed] 135,000 m³
[19]		 5,000[citation needed] 1904 Novocherkassk Russia Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
3,170 m²
[20]		 86,000 m³
[21]		 5,000
[22]		 1882-1912 Sofia Bulgaria Bulgaria Patriarchate of Bulgaria
Transfiguration Cathedral
3,100 m²[citation needed] 9,000
[23]		 1837, rebuilt 2003 Odesa Ukraine Ukraine Moscow Patriarchate Severely damaged by a Russian missile attack on 23 July 2023.
Smolny Convent
3,000 m²[citation needed] 6,000
[24]		 1764 Saint Petersburg Russia Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
3,000 m²[citation needed] 5,000[citation needed] 1913 Kronstadt Russia Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Saint Sophia Cathedral
2,276 m² 1011 Kyiv Ukraine Ukraine Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Church of Saint Panteleimon
2,068 m²[citation needed] 5,000[citation needed] 1930 Athens Greece Greece Greek Orthodox Church
Annunciation Cathedral
2,000 m²[citation needed] 5,000
[25]		 1901 Kharkiv Ukraine Ukraine Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Saint Andrew of Patras
2,600 m²
[26]		 7,000
[26]		 1908–1974[27] Patras Greece Greece Greek Orthodox Church
Cathedral of the Lord's Ascension
1,706 m²
[28]		 5,000[citation needed] 2017 Bacău Romania Romania Patriarchate of Romania
Resurrection Cathedral
1,772 m²[citation needed] 5,000[citation needed] 2014 Tirana Albania Albania Albanian Orthodox Church
Dormition of the Mother of God Cathedral 1,629 m² 1886 Varna Bulgaria Bulgaria Patriarchate of Bulgaria
Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral
1,542 m²[29] 50,000 m³
[29]		 5,000
[30]		 1940 Timișoara Romania Romania Patriarchate of Romania
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
1,450 m²[citation needed] 4,000[citation needed] 1900 Tallinn Estonia Estonia Moscow Patriarchate
Agios Minas Cathedral
1,350 m²
[31]		 3,000[citation needed] 1895 Heraklion Greece Greece Greek Orthodox Church
Church of Saint Mark
1,150 m²[citation needed] 3,000[citation needed] 1940 Belgrade Serbia Serbia Serbian Patriarchate
Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral
1,100 m²[citation needed] 3,000[citation needed] 1905 Daugavpils Latvia Latvia Moscow Patriarchate
Poti Cathedral
1,000 m²[citation needed] 3,000[citation needed] 1906 Poti Georgia (country) Georgia Patriarchate of Georgia
Uspenski Cathedral
1,000 m²[citation needed] 1868 Helsinki Finland Finland Finnish Orthodox Church
St. Michael's Cathedral
12,000[citation needed] 2000 Cherkasy Ukraine Ukraine Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
10,000[32] 326 Jerusalem Israel Israel (de facto) Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Transfiguration Cathedral of Ugresha Monastery
7,000[citation needed] 1894 Dzerzhinsky, Moscow Oblast Russia Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Church of the Nativity of Christ
6,875[33] 1857 Kyshtym Russia Russia Moscow Patriarchate
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
5,000[citation needed] 1753 Saint Petersburg Russia Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Sophia Cathedral
5,000[citation needed] 1788 Saint Petersburg Russia Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Uzhhorod Orthodox Cathedral
5,000[citation needed] 1990 Uzhhorod Ukraine Ukraine Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Iași Metropolitan Cathedral
3,000
[34]		 1887 Iași Romania Romania Patriarchate of Romania
Church of Holy Transfiguration
1878 Pančevo Serbia Serbia Serbian Patriarchate
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Footnotes

  1. [a]
    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. [b]
    Museum since 1931, partly reopened for services (in side chapels) since 1992
  3. [c]
    The church covers 3980 m2
  4. [d]
    The church’s official site specifies that the ground floor area amounts to 3,650 m2, combined area of the balconies for the choirs on the second floor is 1,444 m2, while total internal area (without stairs) is 5,094 m2.
  5. [e]
    The church’s official site specifies that the nave floor can accommodate 7,000 worshippers – more precisely, 6,300 on the nave floor itself and an additional 700 in the choir galleries (balconies). The underground galleries can accommodate a further 3,000 worshippers. The same source also states that the church can accommodate a total of 10,000 worshippers on the nave floor and in the underground galleries. The figure referring to the nave floor alone appears to represent the standard capacity calculation, excluding annexes. By contrast, the total figure of 10,000 may be disputed, as it appears to include annex spaces in order to increase the overall capacity estimate.

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