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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 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]

Name Images Capacity
(worshipers)		 Area Volume
(m³)		 City Jurisdiction Country Year Built
Saint Isaac's Cathedral
(museum & cathedral)
14,000 7,000 m² Saint Petersburg Moscow Patriarchate Russia Russia 1858
Church of Saint Sava
10,800 5,400 m²
[2]		 170,000 m³
[3]		 Belgrade Serbian Orthodox Church Serbia Serbia 1989
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
10,000 4,900 m² 194,900 m³
[4]		 Moscow Moscow Patriarchate Russia Russia Demolished 1931, Rebuilt 2000
Kazan Cathedral
(Saint Petersburg)
6,000 4,000 m² Saint Petersburg Moscow Patriarchate Russia Russia 1811
Tsminda Sameba Cathedral
File:Tbilisi Holy Trinity Cathedral (Sameba) IMG 8951 1920.jpg
 10,000 3,000 m² 137,000 m³ Tbilisi Patriarchate of Georgia Georgia (country) Georgia 2004
Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
5,000 3,000 m² Kronstadt Moscow Patriarchate Russia Russia 1913
Novocherkassk Ascension Cathedral
5,000 2,900 m² 135,000 m³
[5]		 Novocherkassk Moscow Patriarchate Russia Russia 1904
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
5,000[6] 3,170 m²[7] 86,000 m³
[8]		 Sofia Patriarchate of Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria 1912
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
5,000[9] 3,170 m² Tallinn Moscow Patriarchate Estonia Estonia 1900
Poti Cathedral
5,000[citation needed] 2,000 m² Poti Patriarchate of Georgia Georgia (country) Georgia 1906
Saint Andrew of Patras
7,000[10] 2,600 m²[10] Patras Greek Orthodox Church Greece Greece 1908-1974[11]
Resurrection Cathedral
1,660 m² Tirana Albanian Orthodox Church Albania Albania 2014
Agios Minas Cathedral
8,000[citation needed] 1,350 m²[12] Heraklion Greek Orthodox Church Greece Greece 1895
Church of Saint Panteleimon
10,000[citation needed][13] Athens Greek Orthodox Church Greece Greece 1930
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
10,000[14] Jerusalem Patriarchate of Jerusalem Israel /State of Palestine Israel/Palestine 326
Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral
5,000 Daugavpils Moscow Patriarchate Latvia Latvia 1905
Ascension of the Lord Cathedral
File:Catedrala Înălțarea Domnului - Bacău.jpg
 5,000[15] 1,706 m² Bacău Patriarchate of Romania Romania Romania 2017
Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral
File:Catedrala Mitropolitana "Sf. Trei Ierarhi" Timisoara.jpg
 5,000[16] 1,542 m² 50,000 m³
[17]		 Timișoara Patriarchate of Romania Romania Romania 1940
Church of the Nativity of Christ
5,000[18] Kyshtym Moscow Patriarchate Russia Russia 1857
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
5,000 Saint Petersburg Moscow Patriarchate Russia Russia 1753
Sophia Cathedral
5,000 Saint Petersburg Moscow Patriarchate RussiaRussia 1788
Transfiguration Cathedral of Ugresha Monastery
7,000 Dzerzhinsky, Moscow Oblast Moscow Patriarchate RussiaRussia 1521
St. Michael's Cathedral
File:Михайловский кафедральный собор (Черкассы).jpg
 12,000 Cherkasy Ukrainian Orthodox Church Ukraine Ukraine 2000
Odessa Cathedral
10,000[19] Odessa Ukrainian Orthodox Church Ukraine Ukraine 1837, rebuilt 2003
Uspenski Cathedral
1,000 m² Helsinki Finnish Orthodox Church (Autonomous church under Ecumenical Patriarchate) Finland Finland 1868
Uzhhorod Orthodox Cathedral
File:Храм Христа Рятівника (Ужгород).JPG
 5,000 Uzhhorod Ukrainian Orthodox Church Ukraine Ukraine 1990
Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași
Iași Patriarchate of Romania Romania Romania 1839/1886
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Sibiu
Sibiu Patriarchate of Romania Romania Romania 1904

Under construction

Name Images Capacity (worshipers) Area Volume
(m³) 		City Jurisdiction Country Completion Comment
People's Salvation Cathedral[20]
6,000 6,200 m² 323,000 m³
[21][22]		 Bucharest Patriarchate of Romania  Romania 25 November 2018 Will become the largest Orthodox church in the world when completed.

See also

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