Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces

Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces
Главный храм Вооружённых сил России Glavnyy khram Vooruzhyonnykh sil Rossii
Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces Location within the Moscow Oblast
55°34′45″N 36°49′19″E / 55.57917°N 36.82194°E / 55.57917; 36.82194
Location	Patriot Park, Kubinka, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Denomination	Russian Orthodox Church
Website	hram.mil.ru
History
Founded	September 2018 – May 2020
Consecrated	14 June 2020; 4 years ago (2020-06-14)
Architecture
Style	Russian Revival
Specifications
Length	79 m (length-width)[1]
Height	95 m (top cross)
Nave height	75 m (interior)
Dome diameter (outer)	19.5 m

The Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces (Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ; Russian: Главный храм Вооружённых сил России (Храм Воскресения Христова)) is a lavish Russian Orthodox Patriarchal cathedral^[2] in honour of the Resurrection of Christ and "dedicated to the 75th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War, as well as the military feats of the Russian people in all wars", built in the Patriot Park in the Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast.^[3][4]

The cathedral was built with donations and budget funds from the Moscow city government and the Moscow Oblast. It was consecrated as part of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of Soviet victory on the Eastern Front of World War II, known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia.^[5] An exhibition dedicated to the history of the Russian state and its armed forces will be located on-site.^[6]

The construction of the cathedral was completed on 9 May 2020, on the annual Victory Day. It was consecrated on 14 June.^[7] It was opened on 22 June 2020, on the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, the day Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, by the head of the Russian Orthodox Synod’s new Armed Forces Liaison Department, Father Oleg Ovcharov.^[8]