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The Cathedral of the Holy Intercession was completed in 2001 and is one of the highest temples in Ukraine. The cathedral was built in the Ukrainian style. This is underlined, among other things, by the golden Trident with a cross (emblem of Ukraine) on its pediment, the golden domes, the white and blue walls.

The Cathedral of the Holy Intercession was first built in 1778. On May 5, 1886, the Cathedral of the Holy Intercession was built on the site of the former Church of the Intercession. After decades of decay under the Soviets, it was decided in 1993 to recreate the Holy Intercession Cathedral in its original form. The construction of the temple took 14 years and was consecrated in 2007.

The Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection in Sumy, consecrated in 1702, is a great example of Cossack Baroque. The authentic appearance of the Church of the Resurrection has not been completely preserved, the modern appearance of the church having been acquired through numerous reconstructions and restorations, the last major one in the 1970s. The Church of the Resurrection, also a defensive structure, harmoniously combines traditional techniques with the characteristics of Ukrainian wood and stone architecture. The free-standing bell tower was built in 1906 in the neo-baroque style.

The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit was built between 1633 and 1642. At the time of its construction, the building belonged to a Catholic monastery in Bernardines. It was only in 1860 that the church was converted to Orthodox worship, and shortly afterwards an Orthodox monastery was inaugurated there in 1870. However, the monastic community was dispersed by the Bolshevik authorities in 1922. The church is now an Orthodox cathedral.

The building is located in the centre of the town.

The Cathedral of the Holy Transfiguration, originally a Dominican church built at the end of the 18th century on top of a wooden Dominican church of 1624. In 1817, the tsarist authorities closed the Dominican monastery and handed the premises over to the Orthodox. The architect of this Baroque church was a native of northern Italy.

The Holy Trinity Cathedral was built in its present form in 1690 as a Roman Catholic church, and the adjacent premises were completed much later as a monastery of the Carmelite fathers. In 1795, Emperor Joseph II liquidated the monastery, nationalising the property. In 1808, the church became Greek Catholic. The church was renovated in 1894-1905. The iconostasis was painted in 1909 by the talented Galician painter Modest Sosenko. The church only became a cathedral in 1993.

The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity was originally a Roman Catholic church of St. Bernard's Monastery built in the 18th century. The monastery church was completed under the direction of architect Paweł Giżycki in 1789. In the second half of the 19th century, the complex was taken away from the St. Bernards and given to the Orthodox community in Lutsk. In the 1870s the church was rebuilt, a bell tower was added above the narthex and the dome above the crossing. Since 1880, the church has served as an Orthodox cathedral.

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary is a neo-Gothic Catholic Church at Moscow's center, that serves as the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow. Located in the Central Administrative Okrug, it is one of three Catholic churches in Moscow and the largest in Russia. The construction of the cathedral was approved in 1894 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs under Tsarist Russia. Groundbreaking was in 1899; construction work began in 1901 and was completed ten years later. Three-aisled and built from red brick, the cathedral is based on a design by architect Tomasz Bohdanowicz-Dworzecki. The style was influenced by Westminster Abbey and Milan Cathedral. In 2002 it was elevated to the status of cathedral. Following an extensive and costly program of reconstruction and refurbishment, the cathedral was reconsecrated in 2005. In the 21st century, the cathedral is once again the setting for regular liturgical celebrations in multiple languages—Russian, Polish, Korean, English, French, Spanish, Armenian and Latin—as well as benefit concerts featuring organ and church music. The cathedral is listed as a heritage building in the Russian Federation, and is a protected monument.

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was originally a Dominican church that was built in the years 1749-1779 according to the design of August Moszyński. In 1945 it was closed by the communists, and from 1959 it was turned into a warehouse. Despite the efforts of the original owners - Roman Catholics - to recover it, it was handed over to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in 1989.