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There is reason to believe that there used to be a wooden church on the same site as the current one. The first stone building was built in the 13th century. At the beginning of the 14th century, the church was enlarged with a sacristy. The building was enlarged again around the middle of the 14th century. At the end of the 15th century, the church got its present size, except for the choir. The bell tower was finished in 1639, but the current tower is a replacement from 1853. A thorough restoration was done in 1979. During this restoration, they found remains of two old floors made of stone and brick.

Although the first mention of the Orta Cami Mosque dates back to 1674, it is believed to have been built between the late 16th and early 17th centuries. In 1736, when Bakhchisarai was captured and burned by the Russian troops of General Count Burhard Minich, the mosque was destroyed. It was restored and completed in 1737-1743 during the reign of two khan brothers: Mengli II Geray and Selyamet II Geray. In 1861, the mosque was rebuilt by the parishioners and acquired its present architectural appearance.

Orta Camii is an 18th century mosque also known as Atik Ibrahim Pasha in the Turkish city of Orta.

The present Orte Cathedral, opened for worship in 1721, was built to replace the previous medieval basilica, whose three-nave plan it retains. The stucco decoration is rococo, rather sober and elegant. The floor, originally made of terracotta, was replaced in the second half of the twentieth century by white Carrara marble.

The Cathedral of St. Simeon and St. Anne is the Orthodox Cathedral of Jelgava. The origins of the church date back to 1711, when Frederick William, Duke of the Curonian Spit (1698 - 1711) promised to build an Orthodox church in Jelgava. During the reign of the Duke's widow, Anna, his court counsellor Pēteris Bestuževs ordered in 1726 the construction of a wooden Orthodox church near the Duchess's castle. A stone building was then constructed between 1774 and 1780, designed by the architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. During the Baltic russification period from 1890 to 1892, with the financial support of the Russian Emperor Alexander III, the cathedral was completely rebuilt according to the project of the architect Nikolai Chagin. During the Second World War, when the Red Army attacked in August 1944, the cathedral was destroyed and the church remained in ruins. After Latvia's independence, the church was returned to the Latvian Orthodox Church and restored (1993-2003).

The Orthodox Cathedral of Karlovac was completed in 1803 and is dedicated to St. Nicholas. As the Serbian presence developed in Karlovac in the 18th century, the community needed a place of worship. Its construction began soon after the community received permission to build their church in 1785. During the Second World War, the cathedral was severely damaged, but not demolished. All religious objects were removed from the temple, and the building was turned into a warehouse for looted Serbian property. After decades of abandonment and looting, the church was renovated in 2001.

Dendrochronological studies have shown that the Orthodox chapel of Võõpsu was probably built in 1710. The restoration of the chapel was completed in 2010, allowing the building to reopen the following summer.

The Orthodox Church of Turku was built by order of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I (1825-1855) from 1839 to 1845. Built at the same time as the Helsinki Cathedral, the church has the same Russian neo-classical style. Inside, the church's iconostasis icons were painted by Turku-based painter Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm.

The Orthodox Synagogue in Arad is an Ashkenazi synagogue that was built in 1920 by architect László Dömötör. This Art Deco brick building still serves as a synagogue.

The Orthodox Synagogue in Braşov is a synagogue built in 1924. This vernacular brick building is now abandoned.