The Church of the Annunciation was built in 1810 on the site of an earlier church which was destroyed by the Ottomans. It is listed in the Register of Monuments of History and Culture of the municipality of Chisinau.
It is the third oldest church in Chisinau. It was built in the architectural style of the 18th-century churches of Iasi (Romania). In 1893 a library was opened next to the church and in 1895 a church school.
The Church of Saints Constantine and Helen was built in 1777 as a cemetery church. Its library has preserved church books and documents written in Greek, Romanian and Slavonic. It is listed in the Register of monuments of national and municipal importance in Chisinau.
The Armenian Apostolic Church “Holy Mother of God” in Chisinau dates from 1803 and is an important landmark for the Armenian community.
The Church of the Mother of God is the oldest surviving religious building in Chisinau. It features traditional Moldovan architecture from the 15th and 16th centuries, although it was built in the 18th century. It is also known as Măzărache Church after its founder, the merchant Vasile Măzărache.
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