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"Cyrilka" was built in the 13th century at the monastery gate for the pre-monastery inhabitants. It fell into disrepair in the 19th and was restored in the neo-Gothic style on the occasion of the Jubilee of Cyril and Methodius in 1863. In the first half of the 20th century, services were celebrated here in the Byzantine-Slavic rite.

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The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was built in 1816 at the expense of the congregation, Prelate Visomyrsky and Canon Kuprevich. The first Catholic church in Asune was made of wood and was built in 1680 under the auspices of the Jesuits at the expense of King John III of Poland.

The Orthodox Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is an example of popular wooden architecture, built in 1810. In 1880, a bell tower was built above the church and a vestibule was created at the entrance. The church is surrounded by a low wall, the façade of which is best preserved. In the early 1960s, the atheist authorities closed the church and banned worship. Since the 1990s, the church has been restored and is in good condition.

The Orthodox Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a monument of wooden vernacular architecture. It was built in the second half of the 19th century on the site of a temple dating from the mid-16th century. The church has a rectangular plan and is covered with a gable roof. Above the pediment of the main façade, there is an octagonal bell tower. An onion-shaped dome on a faceted drum is erected above the apse.

The Orthodox Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was built in 1865. The entrance is decorated with a two-pillar porch under a gable roof. Icons from the 19th and early 20th century are found inside.

The Orthodox Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was built in 1838. In 2009, without the agreement of the Ministry of Culture, the church was renovated.

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The former Roman-Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, built in the 18th and 19th centuries, is the only building preserved after the construction of the Orava dam in 1953 and the flooding of the whole Orava valley. At present, this Classicist church houses a permanent exhibition of Orava folk art, sculptures and paintings and festive concerts are occasionally organised there.

The Church of the Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament is a Neo-Gothic religious building and convent building built respectively in 1874 and 1884. In 1932, an additional floor was added to the annexe building at the back of the church. In 1976, the interior volume of the church was profoundly modified by the installation of a false ceiling and a separation wall shortening the choir.