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As early as 1990, Askers Baptist Church's involvement in Latvia began. After Latvia's liberation from the then Soviet Union, an ecumenical group was formed in Osternurke where Askers Bf was represented by the Mission Council. Other parishes were the Church of Sweden in Asker and Lunnus, Lunnus Free Church, Betania parish Odensbacken and Kilsmo mission parish. One of the first contacts made in Latvia was with Pastor Janis Pallo. This collaboration has continued over the years and we still have close contact with Pastor Janis and his wife Zigrida.

Askim Church is a wooden cruciform church dating back to 1878. Its predecessor was a Romanesque stone church from the Middle Ages. It was probably built around 1200 and is first mentioned in written sources in 1336. The present church was built in 1877-78 as a cruciform log church, based on a somewhat modified model of the Båstad church, which was designed by Christian H. Grosch.

Askje Church is a long church dating back to 1846. The wooden church received its first organ in 1906. The organist was Nicolai Dirdal, nine years old, who was the youngest organist in the country.

Askvoll church is a long church from 1863. The architect of the church was the artist Anders Askevold. He also painted the altarpiece depicting Jesus praying in Gethsemane. The altarpiece was originally painted for the previous church and was saved during the fire of 1862.

The Aslan Pasha Mosque was built in 1618 in the Ioannina castle. The mosque replaced the church of Saint John, that had stood earlier on this place. The mosque was part of the Aslan Pasha complex, which included a medrese (Islamic school) a library and a kitchen. It currently houses the Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina.

Åsmarka Church is a wooden church from 1859, designed by the architect J.W. Nordan. However, the church was given a new porch and new windows and doors in 1960. The church is clad with exterior and interior panels. The interior is characterized by alterations made in 1960-61, but the altarpiece and baptismal font date from 1901.

The Åsnes church from 1744 is a cross-shaped church. In 1876 it was erected and rebuilt in the neo-gothic style by the builder Schüssler according to the drawings of the architect J. W. Nordan. The church is an example of the many 18th century cross-shaped churches in Hedmark which were modernized in the second half of the 19th century. In the church of Åsnes most of the old furniture disappeared during the reconstruction.

Åsnes Finnskog Church, completed in 1861, was built according to the plans of J.W. Nordan. The present church was strongly affected by the major changes that took place in 1910 or 1912. Then the church was added a choir with sacristies on both sides, towers above the original porch, and new exterior and interior window panels. The interior is also marked by the restoration in 1910-12, when the interior was rebuilt and the church received new furniture.

The mosque in Asprogeia is located in a westerly direction a little outside the village proper. Despite a larger number of Muslim inhabitants, the mosque in the village was built quite late.

Built behind the previous old mosque .