List of tallest Eastern Orthodox church buildings
Churches and Cathedrals

List of tallest Eastern Orthodox church buildings

Section Title: Churches and Cathedrals
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Rank	Height (m)	Name	Image	Notes	Years of construction	City	Country

1	103.4	Cathedral of Christ the Saviour	-	The original Cathedral had been built in 1839–1883, but was demolished during the Soviet period on Stalin's orders in 1931. Rebuilt once again, it is the main and largest cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, having a capacity for some 10,000 people	1995–2000	Moscow	Russia

2	101.5	Saint Isaac's Cathedral	-	A masterpiece of late Classicism	1818–1858	Saint Petersburg	Russia

3	96	Khabarovsk Metropolitan Cathedral	-	The location of the cathedral was chosen by the patriarch Alexis II of Moscow during the helicopter flight over Khabarovsk	2001–2004	Khabarovsk	Russia

4	93.7	Smolny Cathedral of the Resurrection	-	The original project also included the 140-metre-high standalone bell tower, that was never built	1751–1835	Saint Petersburg	Russia

5	90.5	Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral	-	Located in the very center of the city. The tallest church in Romania	1934–1946	Timișoara	Romania

6	87.1	Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi	-	The main cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church	1995–2002	Tbilisi	Georgia

7	87	Alexander Nevsky Novoyarmarochny Cathedral	-	Located on the spit of Oka and Volga rivers. Built in commemoration of the visit of Nizhny Novgorod Fair by Emperor Alexander II of Russia	1867–1880	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia

8	85	Annunciation Cathedral in Voronezh	-	Built in the Russian Revival style in Pervomaysky (former City) Garden - a place where never before was the church	1998–2009	Voronezh	Russia

9	82	Cathedral of the Nativity	-	Located in Mărășești-Zamca neighbourhood, near the city center. The tallest cathedral in the Moldavia region.	1991–2015	Suceava	Romania

10	81	Church of the Savior on Blood	-	The name refers to the blood of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, who was assassinated on that site in 1881. Also known as the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ	1883–1907	Saint Petersburg	Russia

11	80	Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg	-	The dome was reconstructed after the 2006 fire	1828–1835	Saint Petersburg	Russia

12	79	Cathedral of Saint Sava	-	Located on the place where the remains of Saint Sava are thought to have been burned in 1595 by the Ottoman Empire's Sinan Pasha	1935–2004	Belgrade	Serbia

13	78	Trinity Cathedral in Pskov	-	Located in the Pskov Krom (or Kremlin)	1682–1699	Pskov	Russia

14	78	Săpânța-Peri Monastery	-	Tallest wooden church in the world	1998-2003	Săpânța	Romania

15	77	Transfiguration Cathedral in Nikolo-Ugresh monastery	Nikolo-Ugresh-2.JPG	The monastery was often visited by the young Peter I of Russia. The cathedral is the main one in the monastery and has a space for some 7000 people.	1880-1894	Dzerzhinsky	Russia

16	76	Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan in Stavropol	Located at the highest point of the city.	Stavropol	Russia

17	75.6	Trinity Cathedral in Morshansk	-	1836-1857	Morshansk	Russia

18	75	Dormition Cathedral in Astrakhan	-	Located inside the Astrakhan kremlin	1698	Astrakhan	Russia

19	74.6	Ascension Cathedral in Novocherkassk	-	Cathedral of the Don Cossacks Army	1805–1905	Novocherkassk	Russia

20–21	74	All Saints Monument Church	VseshsvMinsk1.JPG	Monument Church dedicated to All Saints and the memory of those who unjustly perished	Minsk	Belarus

20–21	74	Ascension Cathedral in Yelets	-	Inside the cathedral there is a rich iconostasis with gilded wood carvings	1845–1889	Yelets	Russia

22	73	Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Kaliningrad	-	Located on the central square of the city	2004–2006	Kaliningrad	Russia

23	72	St. Michaels' Cathedral, Cherkasy	-	Built in the Neo-Byzantine style, 136 metres tall belfry under construction	1994–2002	Cherkasy	Ukraine

24	71.5	Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg	-	According to the wishes of the Emperor Paul of Russia, the cathedral was modelled after St. Peter's Basilica in Rome	1801–1811	Saint Petersburg	Russia

25	70.6	Naval Cathedral in Kronstadt	-	The cathedral was designed especially high to serve as a landmark for those in the sea	1902–1913	Kronstadt	Russia

26	~ 70	St. Peter and Paul's Cathedral in Peterhof	-	Modelled after St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, but has a more pyramidal form	1894–1904	Peterhof	Russia

27	70	Ascension Church in Bacău	Catedrala Inaltarea Domnului, Bacau.JPG	Still in construction	1991-	Bacău	Romania

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Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi is one of the tallest Eastern Orthodox cathedral buildings.

final_sentence: Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi is one of the tallest Eastern Orthodox cathedral buildings.