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The Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary is located in the city's Old Town, north of the market square. It used to be the cathedral of the Armenian Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv until 1945. Since 2000, it serves as a cathedral of the Eparchy of Ukraine of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Built in 1623, the church was modified from 1828 to 1832. Its porch was rebuilt by Baltard in 1855. First chapel of the Immaculate Conception in 1623, it became the parish church of Saint Francis of Assisi in 1791, then Saint John Saint Francis in 1797. In 1970, the church was attributed to the Armenian Catholic community. His two organs are among the first made in Paris by Cavaillé-Coll and his son in 1844. Statue of Germain Pilon (16th century) depicting Saint Francis in ecstasy, and four paintings by Brother Luke (late 17th century) depicting Saint Francis.

Arna church is a long church dating back to 1865. The architect of the church was Frederik Hannibal Stockfleth. In 1846, the Danish-born industrial pioneer Peter Jebsen wanted to build a church in response to the sharp increase in the population of Arna, a booming industrial town. It is likely that it was the experience of the industrial workers with stone as a building material that was decisive for the church to be built in stone and not in wood as was the case at the time.

The Arnadal church is a long church dating back to 1882 when it was built according to the drawings of Henrik Nissen. The church was extensively restored in the 1950s, and the sacristy was extended in 1979 and 1981.

Arnafjord Church is a long wooden church from 1880, designed by architect Johannes Gjertsen. The present church replaces a church from 1645 which was too small and in poor condition. Some materials from the old church have been used in the new one.

The Arnavutköy Synagogue in Istanbul is a Sephardi synagogue completed in 1836. In use until 1951, this stone synagogue is now abandoned.

The church in Arneberg, consecrated in 1878, is a long wooden church built according to the drawings of the architect Johannes Henrik Nissen. The neo-gothic interior is marked by modifications made in 1954.

The Årnes church is a brick church from 1878. An indication of Iron Age worship has been found in Årnes church. A field of Iron Age earth oven was mapped during archaeological excavations in autumn 1994 as part of the extension of the Årnes cemetery.

The oldest parts of the Arnö church probably date from the 13th century. The church consists of an elongated longhouse with a 1647 church porch on the south side. On the north side, there is a sacristy. On the east side of the longhouse, there is a three-sided choir that was added in the mid-1570s. To the south-east of the church stands the belfry from 1726.

The Arnoldstein Abbey was an old Benedictine abbey founded in the 11th century.