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Sopoćani monastery is a raška style religious building built between 1260 and 1265. Seriously destroyed by the Ottomans at the end of the 17th century, the building remained in ruins until it was restored in 1926. Since 1979, the building has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sopot Monastery is an Orthodox Monastery close to the town with the same name.

Sretenje Monastery is one of ten monasteries in the gorge of Ovčar-Kablar. The monastery was founded in the 16th century and underwent extensive renovations in 1818. The church has frescoes and an iconostasis. Among the monastery's treasures are a 17th-century baptismal font and a collection of manuscripts.

The Sretensky Monastery is an orthodox monastery built in the 14th century. The modern monastery complex includes the Sreteniye Cathedral of the Vladimir Mother of God Icon with two chapels, galleries, a belfry and a few service buildings. The monastery is the place where the Our Lady of Vladimir met Muscovites in the late 14th century. At the meeting place with the icon (that is, Sreteniya), a wooden church was built in honor of the Vladimir icon, rebuilt in stone in 1679. In 1918 the monastery was closed, and from 1928 to 1930, all the churches, except the Our Lady of Vladimir, and almost all the buildings were destroyed. Since 1958, the cathedral housed the restoration workshops of I. Grabar. The monastery was reopened in 1995. It houses the largest Orthodox publishing house, the famous male choir, and a seminary.

St Michael Monastery is a female Orthodox Monastery founded in 1839 near Odesa's port. The church and surrounding buildings were rebuilt in the 1960s after being bombed in previous decades.

St. Panteleimon Monastery is one of the 20 self-governing Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos. It is the only Russian Orthodox monastery on the Athos peninsula. It is ranked nineteenth in the Athonite, the hierarchical order of the twenty monasteries on Mount Athos.

The monastery of St. Andrew is an Orthodox monastery founded in 1389. Located in the middle of the Treska Gorge, this typical Byzantine monastery shows numerous rich frescoes.

St. George's Church is first mentioned in the second half of the 17th century when it was renovated. It was rebuilt in 1808 and in 1832 Prince Miloš donated a bell for the bell tower, which was buried opposite during the First World War so that the Austrians would not melt it down for ammunition. In the 1950s the church was demolished again due to the opening of a quarry nearby. It was last renovated in 1985 at the request of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments.

St. George's Monastery was built in 1860 on the site where an old monastery was destroyed by the Ottomans in the 14th century. The new church was built thanks to the contributions of the citizens of Negotino between 1860 and 1866. The monastery houses were built a little later than the construction of the monastery church in the 1870s.

The Saint John the New of Suceava monastery was built between 1514-1522, during the ruling of Bogdan III the Blind and Stefanita Voda, both sons of Stephen the Great. The building of the church is imposing and it follows the Moldavian architectural style. Inside of the church there is a shrine with the relics of Saint John the New, brought in 1402 by the king Alexander the Good from the White Fortress (today in Republic of Moldavia). Every year, on 24th of June, a huge pilgrimage is taking place here. Thousands of believers gather in the monasteries’ courtyards to listen to the Divine Liturgy and the priests’ words of wisdom and to take part in the procession with the Holy relics.