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The Orthodox Church of St. George was built at the beginning of the 20th century, perhaps at the end of the 1880s. It is a monument of Art Nouveau architecture. It is built according to the canon of the synodal church.

The Church of St. George is an Orthodox church built between 1868 and 1870. As early as 1845, an Estonian Orthodox congregation was founded in Tartu, and it was under the leadership of the priest Joosep Shestakovski (1856-1888) that the construction of an Orthodox church began. The building was damaged during World War II and restored in 1945. Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1990 to 2008) began his career there.

The church of Saint George (Agios Georgios) in Vathi is a rural church with frescoes from the 13th century.

The Church of St. Giles is a Roman Catholic church built in the 14th century, first under the patronage of the Benedictines and then the Dominicans to which the church currently belongs. It was enlarged in the 17th- and 18th-century, although these annexes were demolished in the 19th century. The current Gothic temple has a single nave.

The Church of St. Gilles was built in an eclectic style from 1868 to 1878. The first church was built in Saint-Gilles, then called Obbrussel, as early as the 13th century. Destroyed in 1578 by the inhabitants to prevent it from being used by the Spanish troops who were besieging Brussels, a new church was consecrated in 1600. Remodelled several times, the church was eventually destroyed in order to build a larger one in 1868, as the suburb of Saint-Gilles was experiencing a strong demographic growth. The plans for this new building were entrusted to town planner Victor Besme.

Cemetery Church of St. Helena in Nowy Sącz was built in 1686 in the former suburb of Chełmiec Polski.

St. Henri's church is a neo-gothic church built between 1908 and 1911 according to the plans of Julien Walckiers (1870-1929), inspired by the Dominican convent of Ghent. The church has the particularity of having its buttresses inside the building rather than outside. It is dedicated to the Holy Duke of Bavaria, Henry II, Roman-Germanic Emperor of the 11th century.

The Church of St. Ignatius was built by the Jesuits between 1654 and 1747. The interior is decorated with marble and wooden furniture from the 17th century.

The church of St. Imre dates from the 13th century but the present building was built by the Franciscans between 1720 and 1743. In 1833, the tower next to the sanctuary was demolished and in 1866 a modern 52-metre-high bell tower was built, which currently has four bells.

The church of St. Jacob is first mentioned in 1334. The church was rebuilt between 1794 and 1796 with the help of the parish. The remaining walls and ceiling were whitewashed, thus hiding the remains of some frescoes that could not be restored. The floors of the worship space were covered with marble slabs. In 1979 two new bells were installed, which were electrified in 1985. In 1991, all the exterior plaster of the church was removed and a new one was made, which was then repainted.