30 most beautiful Orthodox bell towers, with sparkling golden domes

1. Peter and Paul Cathedral
2. Bell tower of the Kazan Monastery of the Theotokos
3. Bell tower of the Resurrection Cathedral
4. Cathedral of Christ the Savior
5. Isaac's Cathedral
6. Bell tower of the Annunciation Cathedral
7. Great Lavra Bell Tower
8. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral
9. Bell tower of the Transfiguration Cathedral
10. Bell tower of the Church of Peter and Paul
11. Bell tower of the Nikolo-Ugreshsky monastery
12. Bell tower of the Nikolo-Berlyukovskaya desert
13. Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Tezin
14. Alexander bell tower of the Assumption Cathedral
15. Bell tower of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra
16. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
17. Tsminda Sameba
18. Timisoara Cathedral
19. Bell tower of the Ryazan Kremlin
20. Bell tower of All Saints Cathedral
21. Bell tower of the Holy Trinity Monastery
22. Ivan the Great Bell Tower
23. Bell tower of the Holy Dormition Sarov Hermitage
24. Savior on Blood
25. Bell tower of the Spassky Cathedral
26. Temple of St. Sava
27. Trinity Cathedral
28. Big Chrysostom
29. Bell tower of the St. John the Theological Poshchupovsky monastery
30. Holy Trinity Cathedral

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2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

For a long time in Russia, the bell towers of Orthodox churches were the main city attractions, and, in principle, the main places in the city. After all, the ringing of bells not only called to church services, but also called the townspeople from a general meeting or warned of some kind of emergency. Bell towers - both preserved through the centuries and new ones - are pleasing to the eye even today.

1. Peter and Paul Cathedral

The tomb of the Russian emperors, height 122, 5 meters

2. Bell tower of the Kazan Monastery of the Theotokos

The multi-tiered monastery bell tower was demolished in the Soviet years, rebuilt again in 2011, with a height of 107 meters

3. Bell tower of the Resurrection Cathedral

The 106-meter bell tower is separate from the temple

4. Cathedral of Christ the Savior

The Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church is 103 meters high

5. Isaac's Cathedral

The largest Orthodox church in St. Petersburg with a height of 101.5 meters

6. Bell tower of the Annunciation Cathedral

7. Great Lavra Bell Tower

The bell tower of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra at 96.5 meters, remained the tallest building in Ukraine for a century and a half

8. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral

Erected on the steep bank of the Amur, 96 meters high, is the tallest building in Khabarovsk

9. Bell tower of the Transfiguration Cathedral

Temple of the Rybinsk Diocese of the Yaroslavl Metropolitanate of the Russian Orthodox Church, with a bell tower height of 93.8 meters

10. Bell tower of the Church of Peter and Paul

The architectural masterpiece of the Rostov land, the village of Porechye-Rybnoye, has a height of 93.7 meters

11. Bell tower of the Nikolo-Ugreshsky monastery

93-meter bell tower in the city of Dzerzhinsky, Moscow region

12. Bell tower of the Nikolo-Berlyukovskaya desert

A monastery on the outskirts of the village of Avdotino, on the territory of the Noginsky district of the Moscow region, with a bell tower 90, 3 meters

13. Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Tezin

The bell tower of the temple is 90 meters high, located in the village of Vichuga, Ivanovo region

14. Alexander bell tower of the Assumption Cathedral

One of the oldest Orthodox churches in Kharkov, the height of which is 89.5 meters

15. Bell tower of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra

In the center of the city of Sergiev-Posad, Moscow Region, there is an 88-meter-high bell tower

16. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

The height of the temple in Nizhny Novgorod is 87 meters

17. Tsminda Sameba

The Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi is 86 meters high

18. Timisoara Cathedral

Cathedral in Timisoara, Romania, dome height 83.7 meters

19. Bell tower of the Ryazan Kremlin

Historical and architectural open-air museum-reserve in Ryazan, with a bell tower 83, 2 meters

20. Bell tower of All Saints Cathedral

The Orthodox Cathedral of Tula, its 82 meter high bell tower is visible from almost all points of the city

21. Bell tower of the Holy Trinity Monastery

Orthodox monastery in the city of Alatyr (Chuvashia), the height of the bell tower is 81.6 meters

22. Ivan the Great Bell Tower

81-meter church-bell tower, located on the Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin

23. Bell tower of the Holy Dormition Sarov Hermitage

Monastery in the city of Sarov in the north of the Tambov province with a bell tower of 81 meters

24. Savior on Blood

Orthodox memorial single-altar church in the name of the Resurrection of Christ, 81 meters high

25. Bell tower of the Spassky Cathedral

The 81-meter grandiose and spectacular building of Penza

26. Temple of St. Sava

The temple of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade is 79 meters high

27. Trinity Cathedral

78-meter cathedral of the Pskov and Porkhov dioceses

28. Big Chrysostom

77-meter church-bell tower in Yekaterinburg

29. Bell tower of the St. John the Theological Poshchupovsky monastery

The male monastery of the Ryazan Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church with a 76-meter bell tower

30. Holy Trinity Cathedral

The five-domed cathedral of the Michurinsk and Morshansk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, with a central dome height of 75.6 meters

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