• The completed Cathedral of Christ the Savior was consecrated on August 19, 2000. ... Wikipedia:Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour Moscow.
  • With the end of the Soviet rule, the Russian Orthodox Church received permission to rebuild the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (February 1990).
  • The Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow is a restored Orthodox shrine. The history of the Cathedral is complex and tragic.
  • It was decided to build the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in the neighborhood of Chertolye near the Kremlin.
  • Services in the cathedral have been held since 2000. The modern Cathedral of Christ the Saviour complex includes the upper and the lower temples.
  • Christ the Saviour is the tallest Orthodox cathedral in the world, standing at 103 metres (338 feet) above the pavement.
  • The Cathedral of Christ the Savior is located on the banks of the Moskva River, and on the opposite bank there is a patriarchal pedestrian bridge.
  • 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 of Moscow was originally built between 1839 and 1883, commissioned by Tsar Alexander I in honour of those who died in...
  • The Christ the Saviour Cathedral is Russia's most important cathedral and its largest, having been designed to accommodate 10,000 people.