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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. Entries are included even if a premises otherwise meeting the criterion currently does not function as a church.
It is the tallest (127m), longest (126m) and largest (by volume (323,000 m 3) and area (7,200 m 2)) Orthodox church building in the world. It is located in central Bucharest, facing the same courtyard as the Romanian Parliament Building. 2010–present Bucharest Romania: 2: 122.5 [2] Peter and Paul Cathedral: Three-level bell tower is a part of ...
Largest church in the State of Maine, still serves mass in French. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral: 3,170 [88] 86,000 [89] 1882–1912 Sofia Bulgaria: Eastern Orthodox St. Charles Borromeo (Visalia) 3,159 [90] 3,148 seated [91] 2011–2023 [92] Visalia, California United States: Catholic Largest Catholic parish church in North America. Christ Cathedral
Based on the numbers of adherents, the Eastern Orthodox Church (also known as Eastern Orthodoxy) is the second largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church, with the most common estimates of baptised members being approximately 220 million.
is the largest by volume (323,000 m 3) and area (6,000 m 2), the tallest (127 m at the moment), longest (126 m) and heaviest (420,000 tons) Eastern Orthodox Church building in the world. It is also one of the largest church buildings in the world. [6] [13] [11] [23] [50] has the world's tallest top dome outside (121 m) without the lantern and ...
Main cathedral of the Finnish Orthodox Church in the diocese of Helsinki, Uspenski Cathedral is claimed to be the largest orthodox church in Western Europe. [10] Annually, about half a million tourists visit the church. [11] [5] Admission to the cathedral is free of charge. In winter, the cathedral is closed on Mondays. [12]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. Second-largest Christian church This article is about the Eastern Orthodox Church as an institution. For its religion, doctrine and tradition, see Eastern Orthodoxy. For other uses of "Orthodox Church", see Orthodox Church (disambiguation). For other uses of "Greek Orthodox", see Greek ...
It is the largest Orthodox church in Serbia, one of the largest Eastern Orthodox churches and it ranks among the largest churches in the world. It is the most recognisable building in Belgrade and a landmark, as its dominating dome resembles that of the Hagia Sophia, after which it had been modelled.