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The first church on this site was built in the Romanesque style and was erected before 1328. In the 15th century, the presbytery was enlarged, the Romanesque apse was removed and a Gothic-style apse was added. At that time, a bell tower was added on the north side, which initially housed a chapel, which was later converted into a sacristy. Between 1688 and 1690, the Romanesque nave was demolished and a new church with three naves was built. In the 18th century, the exterior of the church was embellished with Baroque stone reliefs.

The Church of St. John the Baptist stands has been standing on the south-eastern shore of Lake Bohinj since at least 1300. The church contains frescoes by Jernej of Loka, a 16th-century painter active in the Škofja Loka region. The bell tower has an old mechanical clock.

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Church of St. John the Evangelist in Pisarzowa was erected in 1713 by F. Wąsowski.

There are many ideas about when this church was built and to who it was dedicated originally. Some people believe that the earliest mention is in 1701, others claim that the church was built in 1766 or that the building was constructed even later, between the 17th or 18th century. Locals like to refer to the church with a story of the Ukrainian Robin Hood: Oleksa Dovbush. He would have come to the church to look at its iconostasis. He then would go to a poor nearby village and raise money to make similar iconostasis in their small village church.

The Church of St. John the Sepulchre is a Romanesque church from the 11th century. It is a fabulous example of construction from the Norman period, perhaps erected by Bohemond I of Antioch when he was returning from the Crusades as is the local tradition. In 1761 an earthquake destroyed most of the buildings in Brindisi; the Church of St John at the Sepulchre did not collapse but suffered considerable damage, leading to a long deterioration and the loss of 80% of the frescoed surface, until the restoration in the mid-19th century.

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The Church of St. John the Theologian is a wooden Orthodox church located in the village of Damashany. The village has had a church since 1507, but the present church is modelled on the renovation of the church at the beginning of the 20th century. The church survived World War II but was destroyed by the Soviet authorities after the war. The restoration of the church began in 1994 and was completed in 1997.

The Church of St. John the Theologian is a wooden Orthodox church built in the 1930s in the village of Zavalki. In 1962 the parish priest died and the church was closed. Until 1991 the building was used by local collective farms as a granary. In 1993 the church was consecrated again.