The Holy Cross Church is a wooden Orthodox church built at the beginning of the 21st century on the site of a church burnt down in 1996. The architecture of the temple is reminiscent of the Russian style of the 17th century. An onion-shaped bell tower was erected on the roof of the central cubic structure.
The Church of St. John the Theologian is a wooden Orthodox church located in the village of Damashany. The village has had a church since 1507, but the present church is modelled on the renovation of the church at the beginning of the 20th century. The church survived World War II but was destroyed by the Soviet authorities after the war. The restoration of the church began in 1994 and was completed in 1997.
The Church of St. Mary Magdalene is an Orthodox church built in 1847 in brick. It was closed in 1949 and adapted for the storage of film and photographic archives. In 1990, the church was returned to the Orthodox faithful. It was the first church in Minsk to be licensed by the Soviet-era services after a long period of banning the opening of churches.
The Catholic Church of St. Joseph is a monument of 17th-century Baroque architecture. The church used to be an abbey, but in 1864 the church and monastery were closed and confiscated by the Russian authorities. The church was adapted to the Orthodox church, and the monastery buildings were transformed into barracks of the Kolomna Infantry Regiment and the premises of the Investigation Commission. Since the end of the 19th century, this desecrated church has housed the archives.
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