List of largest Orthodox cathedrals

This is a list of the largest Orthodox Christian cathedrals in the world, based on area and capacity. Any Orthodox cathedral that has a capacity of 5,000 people, can be added to this page. The cathedrals are listed in alphabetical order according to country. The cathedrals 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	City	Jurisdiction	Country	Year Built
Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi		15,000	5,000 m² (53,825 sq ft)	Tbilisi	Patriarchate of Georgia	Georgia	2004
Temple of Saint Sava		10,800	3,650 m² (39288 sq ft)[2]	Belgrade	Patriarchate of Serbia	Serbia	1989
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral		7,000[3]	3,180 m² (34,229 sq ft)	Sofia	Patriarchate of Bulgaria	Bulgaria	1912
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral		5,000[4]	3,170 m² (34,125 sq ft)	Tallinn	Moscow Patriarchate	Estonia	1900
Poti Cathedral		2,000	Unknown	Poti	Patriarchate of Georgia	Georgia	1906
Saint Andrew of Patras		5,500	2,000 m²[5]	Patras	Church of Greece	Greece	1908-1974[6]
Agios Minas Cathedral		8,000	Unknown	Heraklion	Ecumenical Patriarchate	Greece	1895
Church of Saint Panteleimon		10,000[7]	Unknown	Athens	Church of Greece	Greece	1930
Church of the Holy Sepulchre		10,000[8]	Unknown	Jerusalem	Patriarchate of Jerusalem	Israel	326
Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral		5,000	Unknown	Daugavpils	Moscow Patriarchate	Latvia	1905
Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral		5,000[9]	Unknown	Timișoara	Patriarchate of Romania	Romania	1940
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour		10,000	5,240 m² (57,200 sq ft)	Moscow	Moscow Patriarchate	Russia	1883, demolished 1931, rebuilt 2000
Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg		6,000	Unknown	Saint Petersburg	Moscow Patriarchate	Russia	1811
Naval Cathedral in Kronstadt		6,000[10]	5,325 m² (57,323 sq ft)	Kronstadt	Moscow Patriarchate	Russia	1913
Church of the Nativity of Christ		5,000[11]	Unknown	Kyshtym	Moscow Patriarchate	Russia	1857
Novocherkassk Cathedral		5,000[12]	Unknown	Novocherkassk	Moscow Patriarchate	Russia	1904
Saint Isaac's Cathedral		14,000	4,000 m² (43055, sq ft)	Saint Petersburg	Moscow Patriarchate	Russia	1858
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral		5,000	Unknown	Saint Petersburg	Moscow Patriarchate	Russia	1753
Sophia Cathedral		5,000	Unknown	Saint Petersburg	Moscow Patriarchate	Russia	1788
Transfiguration Cathedral of Ugresha Monastery		7,000	Unknown	Dzerzhinsky, Moscow Oblast	Moscow Patriarchate	Russia	1521
St. Michael's Cathedral		12,000	Unknown	Cherkasy	Ukrainian Orthodox Church	Ukraine	2000
Odessa Cathedral		10,000[13]	Unknown	Odessa	Ukrainian Orthodox Church	Ukraine	1837, rebuilt 2003
Uzhhorod Orthodox Cathedral		5,000	Unknown	Uzhhorod	Ukrainian Orthodox Church	Ukraine	1990

Under construction

Name	Images	Capacity (worshipers)	Area	City	Jurisdiction	Country	Completion	Comment
Romanian People's Salvation Cathedral[14]		6,000	5,760 m² (62,377 sq ft)	Bucharest	Patriarchate of Romania	Romania	est. 2017	Will become the largest Orthodox church in the world if completed (Length - 124 meters / Width - 70 meters. Will become the tallest Orthodox Christian church in the world, with a height of 125 metres from the floor to the top of cross.

See also

• List of tallest Orthodox churches

References

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