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 they currently do not function as a church. For example, the Hagia Sophia 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 building are listed in alphabetical order according to country. The churches are from various jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

The two largest new-built Orthodox church buildings are the People's Salvation Cathedral (right) and the Church of Saint Sava (left) with 5,760 m² respectively 4,830 m² exterior floor area.

List
Name Image Area (m²) Gross volume (m³) Capacity Built City Country Jurisdiction Notes
Interior Exterior
People's Salvation Cathedral
ca 5,000 m² [1][2][3] 5,760 m²[4][5][6] 323,000 m³ [7][8] 7,000 [lower-alpha 1][9] 2010–present Bucharest Romania Patriarchate of Romania Along with the largest volume and interior area, 127 m high and 126 m long, it is the tallest and longest Orthodox church building in the world.
Saint Isaac's Cathedral [lower-alpha 2]
4,000 m² [11] 7,418 m²[12] 260,000 m³ 12,000 [13] 1818-1858, Museum 1931 Saint Petersburg Russia State Russian Museum With 105 m length and 93 m width it is the Orthodox church building that has the greatest groundfloor extent.
Hagia Sophia
7,960 255,800[14] 532–537 Istanbul  Turkey Ecumenical Patriarchate 537-1453 converted to mosque
Church of Saint Sava
3,650 m² [lower-alpha 3][15] 4,830 m²[16] 170,000 m³ [15] 6,000−10,000 [lower-alpha 4][17][15] 1935–2004 Belgrade Serbia Serbian Patriarchate It 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 [18][19] [lower-alpha 5] 6,829.3 m² [20][21] 101,992 m³ [22] 10,000 [23] 1839-1883, Demolished 1931, Rebuilt 1994-2000 Moscow Russia Moscow Patriarchate The 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 meatings, refectory, and technical installations[24]
Kazan Cathedral
4,000 m² 6,000 1811 Saint Petersburg Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Trinity Izmailovsky Cathedral
3,500 m²
[25]		 3,000
[25]		 1835 Saint Petersburg Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Tsminda Sameba Cathedral
3,000 m² 137,000 m³ 10,000 1995-2004 Tbilisi Georgia Patriarchate of Georgia
Novocherkassk Ascension Cathedral
2,900 m² 135,000 m³
[26]		 5,000 1904 Novocherkassk Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
3,170 m²
[27]		 86,000 m³
[28]		 5,000
[29]		 1882-1912 Sofia Bulgaria Patriarchate of Bulgaria It is the tallest (53 m) and largest (by area and volume) cathedral in the Balkans.
Transfiguration Cathedral
3,100 m² 9,000
[30]		 1837, rebuilt 2003 Odessa Ukraine Moscow Patriarchate
Smolny Cathedral
3,000 m² 6,000
[31]		 1764 Saint Petersburg Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
3,000 m² 5,000 1913 Kronstadt Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Church of Saint Panteleimon
2,400 m² 5,000 1930 Athens Greece Greek Orthodox Church
Holy Trinity Cathedral
2,100 m² 5,000 1990–present Baia Mare Romania Patriarchate of Romania
Annunciation Cathedral
2,000 m² 5,000
[32]		 1901 Kharkiv Ukraine Moscow Patriarchate
Saint Andrew of Patras
1,900 m²
[33]		 7,000
[33]		 1908–1974[34] Patras Greece Greek Orthodox Church
Ascension of the Lord Cathedral
1,706 m²
[35]		 5,000 2017 Bacău Romania Patriarchate of Romania
Resurrection Cathedral
1,660 m² 5,000 2014 Tirana Albania Albanian Orthodox Church
Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral
1,542 m²[36] 50,000 m³
[36]		 5,000
[37]		 1940 Timișoara Romania Patriarchate of Romania With 91 m height It is the second tallest church building in Romania.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
1,450 m² 4,000 1900 Tallinn Estonia Moscow Patriarchate
Agios Minas Cathedral
1,350 m²
[38]		 3,000 1895 Heraklion Greece Greek Orthodox Church
Saint Mark's Church
1,150 m² 3,000 1940 Belgrade Serbia Serbian Patriarchate
Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral
1,100 m² 3,000 1905 Daugavpils Latvia Moscow Patriarchate
Poti Cathedral
1,000 m² 3,000 1906 Poti Georgia Patriarchate of Georgia
Uspenski Cathedral
1,000 m² 1868 Helsinki Finland Finnish Orthodox Church
St. Michael's Cathedral
12,000 2000 Cherkasy Ukraine Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
10,000[39] 326 Jerusalem / Israel/Palestine Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Transfiguration Cathedral of Ugresha Monastery
7,000 1521 Dzerzhinsky, Moscow Oblast Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Church of the Nativity of Christ
5,000[40] 1857 Kyshtym Russia Moscow Patriarchate
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
5,000 1753 Saint Petersburg Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Sophia Cathedral
5,000 1788 Saint Petersburg Russia Moscow Patriarchate
Uzhhorod Orthodox Cathedral
5,000 1990 Uzhhorod Ukraine Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Iași Metropolitan Cathedral
3,000
[41]		 1887 Iași Romania Patriarchate of Romania

See also

Footnotes
  1. 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. Currently functions as a museum[10]
  3. The official site specifies that, the Nave & Altar area is 3,650 m2 and the three Narthex area is 1,444 m2. The total internal area of the temple (cathedral) is 5,094 m2 (without stairs). On the official site, the area of the temple is specified separately, not as a total. This is why confusion arises. Note! To the paragraph above: No, the official site does not say that. 1,444 sq. meters is the combined area of the second level and not the floor. This 1,444 sq. meters is the combined area of the balconies for the choirs. This is clearly stated in the official site and there is no confusion. Furthermore, the total external area of the church (without the stairs) is 4830 sq. meters – given by the official cadastre.
  4. The official site specifies that, on the nave floor can be accommodated 7,000 worshipers. More precisely 6,300 worshipers on the nave floor and 700 choirs (balconies). In the temple galleries (underground), can be accommodated 3,000 worshipers. Also the official site specifies that, in total 10,000 worshipers, can accommodated on the nave floor and in the underground galleries. The nave floor criterion is considered standard without annexes. Also valued at 10,000 can be disputed including the annexes, to increase the value.
  5. The church covers 3980 m2

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