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Zograf Monastery is one of the 20 self-governing Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos. It is the only Bulgarian Orthodox monastery on the peninsula, and it is ranked ninth in the Athonite, the hierarchical order of the twenty monasteries on Mount Athos.

The building is located outside of the village in north-western direction (approx. 0,6 km).

The church of Zoodochos Pigi (Life Giving Spring) was part of a monastery founded in the 16th century.

The building is located outside of the village in eastern direction (approx. 0,8 km), close to the Holy Transfiguration Monastery Church .

On March 4, 1961, the foundation stone of the reformed Triomfatorkerk in Pendrecht on the corner of Krabbendijkestraat and Sliedrechtstraat was laid amid great interest. The church offered space for 750 visitors and was designed by the architectural firm Swaneveld and Goslinga. The church had a freestanding steel tower. That has been demolished, but the building is still there and is in use by the Full Gospel Church Het Zout der Aarde. The wire sculpture in the facade, designed by Teus van den Berg, is still present.

According to the Commission on the Preservation of Jewish Heritage, the cemetery was established in the first half of the 19th century. The last buried dates to 1941. It can be found marked on a map of the region from the 1900s.

The monastery in Zrze was built in several stages on the ruins of a Christian sanctuary from the 15th century. Its church contains two exceptional icons; one, painted in 1393, represents Jesus Christ, and the other, from 1422, represents the Virgin of Pelagonia. It also has remarkable medieval frescoes, divided into two spaces. The lower space represents monastic life, while the upper space represents Saints Gregory, Basil, Nicholas and John. The frescoes on the porch are more recent, having been executed in 1624 and 1634.

Zscheiplitz began its life as a small Slavonic settlement on top of the hill overlooking the river valley – some time in the 7-9th century AD. It became a residence of the Imperial palatine count Friedrich of Saxony. In 1089 Zscheiplitz became the Benedictine monastery.

This two-aisled hall church was built between 1423 and 1484. The extension of the cruciform chapel dates from 1516. The vault was painted in 1485 with 44 typological representations over 1,300 m2. These are the oldest vault paintings in the Netherlands. After having been painted over because of the Reformation (1608), they were brought out again at the beginning of the 20th century. The vault has been illuminated since 2006. The 4 wall paintings (Joris, Christoffel, Cunera, Katharina and Brigida) were restored at the beginning of 2000. The monumental organ dates from the 17th century and was once played by JP Sweelinck.

The church of the Reformed Congregation at Mijnsherenplein in Rotterdam-Zuid was put into use on 26 December 1928. Expansions took place in 1935 and 1952 to finally 2100 seats. However, the church had fewer and fewer churchgoers. This was because that district was depopulating and the members went to live elsewhere, especially in Barendrecht. The best solution is for the church to move with the people.