Holy Resurrection Cathedral or Nicholai-do, Japan

Holy Resurrection Cathedral also known as Nicholai-do is the largest Orthodox Cathedral in Japan located in Surugadai, Kanda district, Tokyo. The construction of the cathedral began in 1884 and was finished in 1891. The classic Byzantine style design was made by a Moscow architect Michael A. Shchurupov, while the founds for the cathedral were collected by Archbishop Nicholas (Kasatkin) today St Nicholas of Japan who established the Japanese Orthodox Church.

Holy Resurrection Cathedral was seriously damaged in the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. The bell tower to fall onto the central dome and resulted in its collapse. Additional damage was caused by a fire which destroyed the interior iconostasis. The successor of Saint Nicholas of Japan, Archbishop Sergii (Tikhomirov) organized cathedral's restoration and Holy Resurrection Cathedral was rebuilt in 1929 but with a shorter bell tower, modified dome and less ornamented interior.

Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, is a Romanian Orthodox Cathedral located on the Avram Iancu Square. The cathedral was built with stone from Baciu and Bompotoc in a Romanian Brâncovenesc style after the unification of Transylvania with Romanian Kingdom between 1923 and 1933.

Architects of the Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral were George Cristinel and Constantin Pomponiu. The main dome of the Cathedral is surrounded by four Romanian Brncovenesc style towers. The interior walls were painted by Anastasie Demian and Catul Bogdan.

Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral was opened in 1933 by the Patriarch of All Romania Miron Cristea, the Metropolitan of Transylvania Nicolae Balan and the Bishop of Cluj Nicolae Ivan. At the opening ceremony were also present King Carol II and Crown Prince Michael I.

Cathedral of the Christ Saviour, Republika Srpska

Cathedral of Christ the Savior is a Serbian Orthodox Cathedral located in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska. The cathedral was built between 1925 and 1929 as the Church of the Holy Trinity and was consecrated in 1939. It was seriously damaged German bombing during the World War II in 1941 and completely destroyed by the pro-Nazi Ustaše in the same year. The communist authorities did not allow the rebuilding of the church after World War II and instead build the memorial to soldiers killed in World War II.

The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Banja Luka gained the permission to rebuild the destroyed church in the beginning of 1990's. The World War II memorial was relocated and rebuilding finally began in 1993 when Patriarch Pavle, the spiritual leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church consecrated the foundation stone. Cathedral of the Holy Trinity was rebuilt as the Church of the Christ Savior in 2004 but the interior is still under construction.

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