The Church of Guriy, Samon, and Aviva is located above the Holy Gates of the Nativity of Christ parish on the banks of the Volga. It also serves as a bell tower, effectively functioning as a church "under the bells." The first tier of the building includes three-arch gates, the second, the church itself, is surrounded by an open gallery on pitcher-shaped columns, and the third, the bell tower in the form of a tent, characteristic of Yaroslavl's octagonal bell towers. On the sides of the bell tower are miniature four-sided tents, one of which contains a staircase, while the other houses the clock mechanism. This unique medieval complex has an unmistakable appearance. Although a three-tent completion was used earlier, for example, in the Assumption Church of Uglich, it was executed in different proportions, and the combination with the gates and open gallery has no analogs in Russian architecture. The church, standing at 38 meters tall, was built in 1658, in the first half of the 1660s, with funds from the sons of Guriy Nazaryev. In the late 18th century, eight bells were installed in the bell tower, three of which were Dutch, cast in 1682. In the 19th century, arched entrance openings were laid, and in the 1930s, the gallery of the second tier of the bell tower.

During the Soviet era, the bell tower was used as a warehouse and living quarters. Since 1970, it has been transferred to the Yaroslavl Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve.