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, 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 churches are the Church of Saint Sava (left) and the People's Salvation Cathedral (right) with 4,830 respectively 5760 m² exterior floor area

List
Name Image Area (m²) Gross volume (m³) Capacity City Jurisdiction Country Built 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] Bucharest Patriarchate of Romania Romania 2010–present
Saint Isaac's Cathedral [lower-alpha 2]
4,000 m² [11] 260,000 m³ 12,000 [12] Saint Petersburg State Russian Museum Russia 1858, Museum 1931
Hagia Sophia
7,960 255,800[13] Istanbul Ecumenical Patriarchate 537-1453  Turkey 532–537 converted to mosque
Church of Saint Sava
3,650 m² [lower-alpha 3][14] 4,830 m²[15] 170,000 m³ [14] 6,000−10,000 [lower-alpha 4][16][14] Belgrade Serbian Patriarchate Serbia 1989–present
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
3,990 m² [17][18] [lower-alpha 5] 6,829.3 m² [19][20] 101,992 m³ [21] 10,000 [22] Moscow Moscow Patriarchate Russia Demolished 1931, Rebuilt 2000
Kazan Cathedral
4,000 m² 6,000 Saint Petersburg Moscow Patriarchate Russia 1811
Trinity Izmailovsky Cathedral
3,500 m²
[23]		 3,000
[23]		 Saint Petersburg Moscow Patriarchate Russia 1835
Tsminda Sameba Cathedral
3,000 m² 137,000 m³ 10,000 Tbilisi Patriarchate of Georgia Georgia 2004
Novocherkassk Ascension Cathedral
2,900 m² 135,000 m³
[24]		 5,000 Novocherkassk Moscow Patriarchate Russia 1904
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
3,170 m²
[25]		 86,000 m³
[26]		 5,000
[27]		 Sofia Patriarchate of Bulgaria Bulgaria 1912
Transfiguration Cathedral
3,100 m² 9,000
[28]		 Odessa Moscow Patriarchate Ukraine 1837, rebuilt 2003
Smolny Cathedral
3,000 m² 6,000
[29]		 Saint Petersburg Moscow Patriarchate Russia 1764
Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
3,000 m² 5,000 Kronstadt Moscow Patriarchate Russia 1913
Church of Saint Panteleimon
2,400 m² 5,000 Athens Greek Orthodox Church Greece 1930
Holy Trinity Cathedral
2,100 m² 5,000 Baia Mare Patriarchate of Romania Romania 1990–present
Annunciation Cathedral
2,000 m² 5,000
[30]		 Kharkiv Moscow Patriarchate Ukraine 1901
Saint Andrew of Patras
1,900 m²
[31]		 7,000
[31]		 Patras Greek Orthodox Church Greece 1908–1974[32]
Ascension of the Lord Cathedral
1,706 m²
[33]		 5,000 Bacău Patriarchate of Romania Romania 2017
Resurrection Cathedral
1,660 m² 5,000 Tirana Albanian Orthodox Church Albania 2014
Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral
1,542 m²[34] 50,000 m³
[34]		 5,000
[35]		 Timișoara Patriarchate of Romania Romania 1940
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
1,450 m² 4,000 Tallinn Moscow Patriarchate Estonia 1900
Agios Minas Cathedral
1,350 m²
[36]		 3,000 Heraklion Greek Orthodox Church Greece 1895
Saint Mark's Church
1,150 m² 3,000 Belgrade Serbian Patriarchate Serbia 1940
Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral
1,100 m² 3,000 Daugavpils Moscow Patriarchate Latvia 1905
Poti Cathedral
1,000 m² 3,000 Poti Patriarchate of Georgia Georgia 1906
Uspenski Cathedral
1,000 m² Helsinki Finnish Orthodox Church Finland 1868
St. Michael's Cathedral
12,000 Cherkasy Ukrainian Orthodox Church Ukraine 2000
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
10,000[37] Jerusalem Patriarchate of Jerusalem / Israel/Palestine 326
Transfiguration Cathedral of Ugresha Monastery
7,000 Dzerzhinsky, Moscow Oblast Moscow Patriarchate Russia 1521
Church of the Nativity of Christ
5,000[38] Kyshtym Moscow Patriarchate Russia 1857
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
5,000 Saint Petersburg Moscow Patriarchate Russia 1753
Sophia Cathedral
5,000 Saint Petersburg Moscow Patriarchate Russia 1788
Uzhhorod Orthodox Cathedral
5,000 Uzhhorod Ukrainian Orthodox Church Ukraine 1990
Iași Metropolitan Cathedral
3,000
[39]		 Iași Patriarchate of Romania Romania 1887

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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