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The Church of St. Peter and Paul is a Serbian Orthodox church built in 1896, when the country was under Austro-Hungarian rule. It was wanted by the local population in addition to the Church of St Basil the Great (1886), and granted by the provincial government for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Church of St. Peter and Paul has been a Lutheran temple practically since the beginning of the Reformation (1525). There was a first church on this site, built between 1245 and 1249, but which disappeared in a fire in 12992, and of which only the foundations remain. A second church was severely hit by fire in 1424. The present building dates back to a Flamboyant Gothic Hall Church, built between 1498 and 1500.

The Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Tylicz was founded in 1612 by the bishop Piotr Tylicki.

The Orthodox Church of St. Peter and St. Paul was built in 1824. It is an example of wooden architecture with architectural features of classicism. When a new Church of the Transfiguration was built in 1760, the old building, dating from 1700, was dismantled and moved to the cemetery on the outskirts of the town. In 1820-1824, this church was rebuilt and consecrated in honour of the holy apostles Peter and Paul.

The church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Vatolakkos was built in the 14th century. The church is next to the iconic Vatolakkos clock tower, which is a copy of the clock tower in the Municipal Garden of Chania.

The church of St. Petka was first built in the 1850s. But the church suffered from the earthquake in the Pehcevo region in 1904. As a result of the earthquake, the bell tower and the school in the church were destroyed. In 1978, by the decision of the municipality, the old church was demolished and a new one with a large central dome and three apses was built in its place. It was consecrated on 9 October 1988.

The church of St. Petka was built from 1990 to 1994 on a former sanctuary. The church was the target of theft in 2013 when copper chandeliers and silver from the faithful were stolen. No icons were confiscated during the theft.

The Catholic Church of St. Petrus Canisius was built between 1927 and 1928 according to a design by Hugo Schlösser and Wilhelm Friedrich Laur. In 1938, the church was raised to the status of an independent parish church. The structure is an ostentatious three-nave basilica in the expressionist architectural style.

The church of St. Rocco is a temple built in 1630. It was dedicated to Saint Rokkos, probably as a gesture to gain the saint's favour to stop a plague in the city.

The church of St. Rosalie was built in the classicist style between 1839 and 1844 on the model of the Roman rotunda. In 1848-1849, after the destruction of the St. Andrew's Church by fire and the Reformed Church by bombing in 1849, the church was used by both Reformed and Catholic worshippers until the reconstruction of the St. Andrew's Church. From 1880 to 1906 it was mainly used by the military garrison until the Franciscan church was converted into a military church. At that time, it was found that the wooden structure of the church was rotten. It was therefore closed and rebuilt in 1908.