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The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ is the Albanian Orthodox Cathedral in Tirana. It is the third-largest Orthodox church in Europe.

The Cathedral of the Resurrection of the Lord is an Orthodox church, a good example of Russian-style architecture in Belarus. Before the construction of the modern cathedral, there was a wooden church, built between 1620 and 1648, which burned down in the 1860s. The present cathedral was therefore erected between 1874 and 1907. The cathedral was built by highly skilled masons from Ivyanets, and artists Elishevsky and Trutnev (Russian) from Vilnius were invited to decorate the interior.

The Cathedral of the Resurrection is the Albanian Orthodox Cathedral of Korçë. An old cathedral, dedicated to St. George, was destroyed by the communist regime between 1967 and 1970. The present building is a reconstruction completed in 1992.

The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic cathedral, built in 1889. The architect of the cathedral was none other than Josip Vancaš (1859-1932), who combined elements of Romanesque and Gothic styles in this project. The cathedral was built on the site of a former Janissary camp where the Austro-Hungarian administration intended to build a town market.

The Church of the Blessed Mother of God, the Orthodox Cathedral of Vilnius, was built in 1346. Throughout its history, the building has been regularly restored, the last renovation having taken place between 1980 and 1998.

The Cathedral of the Transfiguration is an Orthodox church built at the beginning of the 19th century as part of a monastery, abolished in 1832 and subsequently destroyed. The monastery church, built in the Renaissance style, was later transformed into the Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration. The temple was destroyed in the 1950s, and since 2000 it has been restored.

The Cathedral of the Transfiguration in Tallinn is an Estonian Orthodox Apostolic Church. The church building was built in the 13th century as the church of the Convent of St. Michael in Tallinn. In 1629 the monastery was secularised. In February 1716 the Russian garrison regiment used the church until its reconstruction. After the reconstruction, the main church was consecrated in 1734 and was the Orthodox Cathedral until 1900, when Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was completed. A tower was built for the church in 1776, the present windows, the main door and the roof dome were completed in 1827-1830.

The Cathedral of the Virgin, built between 1991 and 2005, is one of the largest Greek-Catholic churches in the Kyiv region. The architect of the church was Yuriy Losytsky, a renowned Ukrainian architect-restorer.

The Cathedral of Trento is a Romanesque church built between 1212 and 1321 above an old early Christian basilica. It was Bishop Federico Vanga (1207-1218) who decided to completely rebuild the cathedral from the foundations, entrusting the project to the master comacins (magistri comacini). In the 14th century, with the construction of the rose window on the façade, the cathedral was given Gothic elements. From 1545 to 1563, the church hosted the solemn sessions of the Council of Trent, which initiated the Counter-Reformation.

The Cathedral of Trieste was built between 1302 and 1320 on two ancient churches. The bell tower was originally higher, but in 1422 it was struck by lightning and reduced to its present height. On the façade there is a huge rose window in karst stone. Inside, the two side apses are decorated with magnificent mosaics, the work of Venetian and Constantinopolitan workers.