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The Church of the Holy Cross is a medieval stone church probably built between 1425 and 1440. The church has been fairly well preserved in its medieval appearance. The first church of the parish was most probably built of wood as early as the 13th century. The walls of the present church are decorated with paintings, the oldest of which were made after the completion of the church.

The Church of the Holy Cross, originally the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, was built in 1899 by Rudolf Zapfe for the Anglican parish of Weimar. Zapfe based the style and proportions of the exterior on the type of a small English church from the early Gothic period. It has belonged to the local Evangelical Lutheran congregation since 1928.

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The Church of the Holy Exaltation of the Holy Cross is an Orthodox church built in 1764 as a Uniate (Greek-Catholic) church. After the conversion of the Uniates to Orthodoxy, the church was rebuilt in 1879 in the Russian style. The apse is separated from the prayer hall by a wooden iconostasis created in the 1870s. Next to the church, there is a wooden bell tower built in the 1840s - a central four-pillar vernacular structure covered with a sloping tented roof.

The Church of the Holy Family is a neo-gothic building erected between 1904 and 1907 according to the plans of the architect Friedrich Heitmann. In 1945, the church was damaged and abandoned for a long time, gradually collapsing. In 1980, after a long reconstruction under the direction of architect Pavel Gorbach, the Kaliningrad Regional Philharmonic Society was opened there. In 1982, the concert hall was equipped with an organ.

The Church of the Holy Great Martyr Procopius was built in 1853 and has been restored many times since, most recently in 1998. It contains one of the most famous and largest collections of icons in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The collection was created thanks to donations from parishioners, but also by bringing icons from churches in Sarajevo. The oldest icon was made in the Byzantine iconographic manner and dates back to the 15th century.

Founded in 1456, the Church of the Holy Lord Christ contains many elements of sacred art including rare paintings and religious artifacts. These include an important collection of pieces dating from the 16th century, a rare multicolored Indo-Portuguese ivory work from the 18th century, and goldsmith pieces made by local goldsmiths.

The Church of the Holy Mother of God was probably built in the 13th century, the century from which its oldest frescoes date. The church is based on the Byzantine domed churches. The dome of the nave rests on four free pillars and the dome of the narthex on four pilasters. It is built of stone, limestone and brick.

The Church of the Holy Mother of God is a medieval Orthodox church located in the Asen Fortress in the Rhodope Mountains.

The Church of the Holy Mother of God is a medieval Eastern Orthodox Church in Serbia.