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Kaloidena Monastery is a historic place of worship today in ruins. Only the church of the Transfiguration of the Lord Christ (Sotiras Cristos) survives. Every 6 August, the inhabitants of Ano Meros and Fourfouras gather at the monastery for a local feast.

The small Panagia chapel is located on the eastern edge of the village and was built in the 1950s. Today, the condition of the chapel can be described as fair to poor. The condition of the building is still good, but it has been converted and is now used as a warehouse for storing animal feed. To this end, almost all entrances and windows have been bricked up.

According to Gunnis, the church with the ekklesionym Timios Prodromos was built as early as the 17th century. It is located on the northern edge of the settlement area. After 1974, the church was converted into a mosque. After the completion of a new mosque in the village (around the year 2000), the building was abandoned and left to its own devices.

The Kalozha church is a religious stone monument of ancient architecture from the second half of the twelfth century. It is the oldest building of Grodno in Belarus.

The church of Kambja was probably built at the end of the 15th century. The church was destroyed for the first time during the wars in the early 17th century and rebuilt in 1642. The church was destroyed for the second time during the Great Northern War and rebuilt in the autumn of 1721. In 1772 the church received its first organ. The church was destroyed for the third time during the Second World War in 1944. During the Soviet occupation, the congregation was not allowed to restore the church. Restoration work could only begin in 1989.

The origin of the monastery of Kamenac is linked to the despot Stefan Lazarević (1402-1427), its construction having taken place between 1416 and 1426. The monastery was destroyed after the arrival of the Ottomans in this region in the middle of the 15th century. It is not known to what extent it was damaged, however, it is known that the monastery church was renovated in 1547. A second renovation of the monastery was carried out in 1700. At the beginning of the 19th century, Kamenac suffered greatly from the wars with the Ottomans, so it was renovated many times during this century, which gave it its present form.

The Kampen church is a long church with three naves, which was inaugurated on 29 November 1882. The architect of the church was Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. In the years 1989-1994, the church was decorated with twelve large and six small stained glass windows and two rosettes on the entrance doors, all by Peer Lorentz Dahl.

The church in Kampen was built in 1957 in the modern style by the Norwegian architect T. Bryne in reinforced concrete. The first renovation of the church took place as early as 1967. As a "long church", the building has a rectangular plan.

The Kamppi Chapel, or the Chapel of Silence, was built in 2012. The chapel is part of the Helsinki Design Capital Year projects and was designed by architect Mikko Summanen. The chapel won The Chicago Athenaeum: International Architecture Awards For The Best New Global Design Award 2010. he chapel does not hold a religious service but is a place where silence can be found.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. According to the epigraphic data, it already existed in the late 18th century. It appears on old maps since the 1870s.