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The Church of the Premonstratensians, dedicated to the "Sorrowful Mother", is a Roman Catholic church built from 1741 to 1766. The church belonged to a Premonstratensian monastery which was dissolved in 1948 and whose building now houses the Mihai Eminescu National College of Oradea.

The wooden church of the old Bârsana monastery was built around 1711 and has interior paintings dating back to 1806. In 1999, the church was inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List along with seven other wooden churches of Maramureş, a county of northern Romania.

The church of the Theotokos or church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in Sklaverochori dates from the 14th century. It preserves frescoes from the 14th and 15th centuries from the Constantinople School of Hagiography. Behind the church is the local cemetery of Sklaverochori.

The church of the Presentation of Virgin Mary (Eisodia tis Theotokou) is in the central square of Piskopiano, just a few meters away from the church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour.

The Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1820. It is a monument of vernacular architecture with characteristics of classicism. The cross-shaped church is surmounted by a dome. A square vestibule is attached to it by a short nave.

The Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin was built in 1856 on the site of a previous wooden temple dating from 1782. At the beginning of the 20th century, the church was rebuilt by the architect Victor Ivanovich Struev. Next to the church, there is a bell tower.

The Church of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin is an Orthodox church built between 2010 and 2015. Construction of the church began on 1 October 2010 on the site of the former chapel of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin. In May 2014, the icons of the "Shroud" and the "Inexhaustible Cup" were delivered from Mount Athos to the temple. The building is made of brick, its domes are made of titanium.

The Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin was built between 1846 and 1851. In 1908 it was rebuilt with a belfry. The composition of the church is influenced by the wooden architecture of Northern Russia.

The Church of the Redeemer in Schengen was first mentioned in 1608 as a chapel. When Schengen was granted parish status in 1807, the chapel became a church and was subsequently enlarged in 1870. Completely destroyed by fire in 1947, the church was rebuilt in its present form from 1949 to 1950 according to plans by Etienne Galowich.

The Church of the Resurrection of the Christ of Narva is an Orthodox cathedral built between 1890 and 1898 by the architect Paul Alisch. It is the only neo-Byzantine sacred building in Estonia.