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Repairs to the main dome and bell tower domes of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior are 90 percent complete, and are scheduled for completion in June. The building's reconstruction was described by Sergei Sobyanin.
"We've now begun work on the domes and crosses. We're carrying out meticulous restoration work. It's not really visible from a distance, but there were serious problems there, too. We had to replace about 500 cast bronze decorative elements. Each element weighs about 50 kilograms—between 20 and 70. 500 elements! There are about 40,000 smaller elements. This is a huge undertaking, but I'm confident the crosses on the church will shine with their former beauty by Easter," explained Sergei Sobyanin.
The stylobate, facades, and domes of the Christ the Savior Cathedral are being renovated. Major repairs to the cathedral's facades were completed in 2023–2024. The renovation project covered 13,200 square meters. In 2025, repairs to the facades and the dome of the gate bell tower were completed.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' thanked Sergei Sobyanin for his work on the restoration and construction of churches.
"Indeed, this is not only the world's only capital, but also the only major city in the world where churches are being built. And not just some random church built somewhere to commemorate some event. This is a program for building churches in the number necessary to meet the spiritual needs of the capital city of our Fatherland," Patriarch Kirill noted.
In 2025–2026, repairs to the main dome and belfry domes will be underway. They are 90 percent complete, with a completion date of June 2026. Additionally, the cathedral's crosses are being restored and refurbished, with gilded decorative elements being dismantled and restored. They have already been installed on the main dome cross and the eastern and southern belfries. Installation of gilded elements on the northern and western belfries is ongoing. The completion date is April 2026.
"Very soon—during the bright Easter days—the builders will remove some of the scaffolding, and the large golden crosses will shine again in all their glory. A little later, in the summer, we will free the domes from the scaffolding," he wrote on his channel.MAX messenger Mayor of Moscow.
Source: Sergei Sobyanin's channel inMAX messenger
Since 2018, the strength and performance characteristics of the stylobate section of the Christ the Savior Cathedral have been restored under the Targeted Investment Program. Work is being carried out in sections to avoid disrupting public access. The total area of the renovation is 28,000 square meters. The area of replacing the stylobate section is 25,000 square meters.
"We still have significant work ahead to strengthen the foundations and waterproof them, but these are technical works that we will carry out there in the coming years in a relaxed manner so as not to disrupt the church's operations and services," added Sergei Sobyanin.
The design and estimate documentation is currently being adjusted due to the identification of new problem areas. Construction is 95 percent complete. Completion is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026.
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Program for the construction of Orthodox churches in Moscow
Since 2010, a program for the construction of Orthodox churches has been implemented in the capital.
152 churches have already been built and are operational. Major construction work has been completed at four churches. Forty-one churches are at various stages of construction.
Temporary churches are erected at construction sites, and Orthodox parishes are created around them, attracting funds from benefactors.
278 land plots were transferred to the financial and economic department of the Russian Orthodox Church for the construction of church complexes, including 210 within the old city boundaries and 68 in the New Moscow.
Restoration of religious monuments
Since 2011, more than 150 churches have been restored through city programs, including those providing subsidies to religious organizations.
In 2025, work was carried out on 63 cultural heritage sites of religious significance. Restoration of 14 sites was fully completed, including:
— the bell tower in the Kuskovo estate;
— the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in the Sviblovo estate;
— Trinity Church on Karamyshevskaya Embankment;
— the Church of the Assumption in the Cossack settlement;
— towers No. 8 and 9, as well as sections of the eastern and southern walls of the Donskoy Monastery;
— the southern clergy house of the Miusskoe cemetery ensemble;
— the church of the Vagankovskoye cemetery;
— a house at the entrance to the Vagankovskoye Cemetery;
— Church of the Resurrection in Plenitsy;
— Church of the Assumption in Veshnyaki;
— Transfiguration Cathedral of the Novospassky Monastery.
In 2026, the restoration of more than 50 religious monuments will continue within the framework of city programs.
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