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In 2001, the Vitebsk branch of "BelTIZ" handed over a one-storey chess club building for the arrangement of the temple. After the production of the design and estimate documentation, the altar part was added and the dome was built. In 2005, a part of the temple, a refectory and a bathroom were added. In 2006, due to the porch, the area of the temple increased 1.5 times. The construction of a bell tower is planned.

Kičevo monastery, formerly called Krninski monastery, was founded before the middle of the 16th century and in the 1570s a stone church was built on the site of the present church. In 1843, the monastery was burnt down by Albanians from Debar, but the church remained standing. The church was demolished by order of Hegumen Hadji Teodosius to build a new church and other monastery facilities. The icons of the present church were made between 1848 and 1880, many of them were created by the painter Ditscho Zograf.

Kielce Cathedral is a Baroque church built in the 18th century on a former Romanesque church dating from the 12th century. The church did not become a cathedral until 1805. The church, its chapel from 1760 and the bell tower from the middle of the 17th century have been entered in the register of real estate monuments. The cathedral also contains many movable monuments inside such as altars, chalices and monstrances.

The synagogue in Kielce was built from 1903 to 1909. During World War II, the Nazis completely devastated the interior of the synagogue, turning it into a prison and warehouse for stolen Jewish property, and at the end of the war, the building was burned down. Reconstruction of the building began in 1951 and was completed in 1955 in the socialist realist style. The synagogue was then turned into a provincial state archive.

The church of St. Michael was built in the third quarter of the 13th century. The arches of the 13th-century church have been preserved. The bell tower, which is separate from the church, was built in 1638. The organ was built for the church in 1805 by the master Johann Andreas Stein and is one of the oldest in Estonia.

Single-nave late Gothic church with narrower, three-sided closed choir and a barrel vault with tie beams, corbels and wall posts. The nave was renovated in the 17th century and again modified in the 19th century. Above the west facade is a wooden, slate-clad tower with a constricted spire. The inventory includes: a simple, 17th-century pulpit and several 17th-century tombstones. Bell tower with bell by Evert Vos, 1612, diam. 57 cm.

The Kiji Pogost is an architectural ensemble consisting of two churches with bell towers dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord is the most remarkable and best-known building in the Kiji architectural complex. The foundation stone of the church was laid on June 6, 1714. The Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God was built next to the Church of the Transfiguration in the second half of the 18th century, in 1764. The free-standing bell tower dates from 1863 and replaced the old bell tower which had been hidden in 1862 due to its dilapidation. In 1990, the Kiji Pogost was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The site of the Kilclispeen Monastery dates back to the 5th-7th century. The monastery may have been founded by an unknown man, St Crispen. Nothing remains of this monastery, except for two high crosses from the 8th century, the "North Cross" and the "South Cross". Standing in the cemetery, the two crosses are 4 metres high, are made of sandstone and represent biblical scenes. There is also the base of a third cross on this monastic site.

Kilebygda Church is an octagonal church dating from 1859. It has an extension for a porch with access to the gallery and tower, and at the opposite end a choir and sacristy. Originally Kilebygda did not have its own church and in 1854 the County Council took the initiative to acquire its own building.

Kilen chapel is a wooden church built in 1958 by architect T. Bjåen and Horten.