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The Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas was built in 1914. The church consists of a three-tiered bell tower, a low nave, a square prayer hall and a pentagonal apse with a sacristy.

The church of St. Nikola Drimeni is a small church completed in 1983. During the construction of the church, the foundations of the old church were discovered, but no data on its shape has been preserved. It is assumed that the first church of St. Nikola Drimeni was built in the former Struga, which is a 15-minute walk southwest of the lake.

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The church of St. Olaf is a late medieval greystone church built between 1506 and 1516. The church burned down at the beginning of the 17th century, destroying the entire original interior. The church was in use until the middle of the 19th century, but when the church in Tyrvää was completed in 1855, it was abandoned. Repaired all over from the 20th century until the 1990s, a theft in 1997 damaged much of the interior woodwork. The church was rebuilt between 1997 and 2003. The artists Osmo Rauhala and Kuutti Lavonen painted the new interior.

The cemetery church of Saint Onuphrius (Agios Onoufrios) is located near the village of Genna. It can be reached by walking along a dirt road that links the village to the cemetery.

The church of St. Oswald was built in the course of the expansion of the city from 1477. The former master-builder of Lucerne and Zurich, Hans Felder, was commissioned to build it. In 1478, construction began on a hall church, which was extended to a three-nave basilica as early as 1492. The extension was completed in 1545. The spire was built in 1558. In 1719, the baroque sacristy was built at the side of the choir.

The church of St. Pallais dates from the 12th century and houses the tomb of the mystic Marie-Eustelle Harpain (1814-1842), nicknamed the Angel of the Eucharist. The vaults were rebuilt in the Gothic style in the 13th century, the choir and transept were also rebuilt in the 13th century. The chevet wall was pierced in the 15th century by a bay with a flamboyant filling. The square in front of the church housed a cemetery until the 18th century.

The church of St. Panteleimon (Agios Panteleimon) near the villages of Tzigkouna and Bitzariano is a Byzantine building erected in the 11th century. It is one of the oldest Christian temples on the island of Crete.

The Church of St. Panteleimon was built from 1840 to 1847 by the famous Macedonian church builder Andrey Damyanov (1813-1878) together with his brothers. The bell tower was erected later in 1849. Near the church is the tomb of the Macedonian revolutionary Mile Popyordanov (1877-1901).

The church of St. Paraskevy was built in the 16th century as a Greek Catholic church. The late Gothic church was restored in 1963-1965 and, since 2010, has been part of the Lubaczów Border Regions Museum. Its wall and bell tower remind us of the role of churches as a defence structure in this region frequently looted by the Tartars.