• The current Cathedral of Christ the Savior was faithfully restored in the 1990s. This is the first highest and second largest Orthodox church in the world.
  • The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is the main cathedral of the Russian Orthodox church located near the Kremlin on the left bank of the Moskva River.
  • It was decided to build the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in the neighborhood of Chertolye near the Kremlin.
  • Christ the Saviour Cathedral. Majestic inside and out, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is the tallest Eastern Orthodox Church in the world.
  • The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour of Moscow was originally built between 1839 and 1883, commissioned by Tsar Alexander I in honour of those who died in...
  • Here is a brief video showing the cathedral’s destruction. Fyodor Klages (1812-90). “Interior of the Cathedral of Christ Saviour in Moscow” (1883).
  • The Cathedral of Christ the Savior – The story of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior is best started with the manifest of Tsar Alexander I, which first ordered the...
  • ...the lovely frescos and exquisite framed pictures etc in the lower floors/ museum area within the re-constructed Cathedral of the Christ Saviour?
  • With the end of the Soviet rule, the Russian Orthodox Church received permission to rebuild the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in February 1990.
  • The Cathedral of Christ the Savior is located in the heart of Moscow, neighboring the Kremlin along the Moscow River.