The great Temple of Saint Sava in Belgrade is the largest Orthodox church huge building in the world. It is dedicated to the founder of the great Serbian Orthodox Church. The building construction of the church began in 1985 and was mostly completed by 2004. The internal task decorations are still not finished. In English, it is usually called a cathedral because of its size and emphasis but it is not the seat of a bishop & therefore technically not a cathedral. In great Serbian it is called a hram (temple). The church distance is 91 meters (299 feet) long from and 81 meters (266 feet) wide. It is 70 meters (230 feet) so tall, with the main shining gold-plated cross on top of the dome extends the church for 12 more meters (39 feet). It temple has a surface area of 3,500 m2 on the ground floor.
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