The Alexievsky temple was the third most significant in the monastery, both in size and in the time of construction. It was located above the gates and completed the ensemble from the eastern side, opposite the All Saints Church. Built in 1720, 40 years after the All Saints Church, the temple was an elegant multi-tiered structure characteristic of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Tall and narrow, like a watchtower, it was not inferior in height to the Uspensky and All Saints churches, although it occupied a significantly smaller area.

At that time, in Russian church architecture, stone tents gave way to such 'ladders to heaven', tall stepped churches and bell towers. These stunning silhouettes still delight pilgrims in various monasteries across Russia. They were often built above the gates of the monasteries, as in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, where the chapel above the well resembles the Alexievsky temple, but is more richly decorated.

The Alexievsky temple resembled the Church of Daniel the Stylite in the Danilov Monastery in Moscow, built around the same time. A closer analogy can be found in Raifa, where the temple of the holy martyrs Faith, Hope, Love, and their mother Sophia gives an idea of the lost Zilant church. Both temples stood above the entrance gates, which were later bricked up.

The temple was a pillar-shaped square in two stories. Below was the arch of the gates, and above, the temple itself with a semicircular altar overhanging the gates. Above the square rose two octagons, the upper of which was quite small and called a 'lantern'. The structure was topped with a dome on a high drum. Inside, the temple was surrounded by a gallery, and a narrow staircase led inside. The interior appearance of the temple in the 18th century is unknown. Due to its small size, it was inconvenient for services and had significantly deteriorated, so it was renovated in 1829-1830, completely bricking up the gates. According to a report from 1739, there was an altar in the name of St. Gerasimus of Jordan at the temple.

Descriptions of the icons and relics after the renovation have been preserved in the monastery inventory of 1832. All the relics remained the same, old. Among the icons, the image of the Mother of God 'Soften My Grief' is mentioned, along with icons of Saints Boris and Gleb and the Great Martyr Barbara. The church had only five copper lamps. In 1829, an altar was arranged above the temple in the name of the Vilnius icon of the Mother of God. This unusual placement is because usually the main temple is on the second floor, and the altar is on the first. Here, however, the upper altar was tiny and could only accommodate a few people who ascended via a narrow spiral staircase. It was likely used as a confessional, similar to the small Sofia temple of the Raifa Monastery.

Under the two altars, at the site of the bricked-up gates, a brotherly refectory was arranged, thoroughly renovated in 1894 under Archimandrite Antoniy. In this small stepped tower, three rooms were located on different levels: two altars and the refectory. Despite the fact that many churches in Russia were abolished in the 18th-19th centuries, this temple survived the revolution and stood until the 1920s.