The Church of the Mother of God "All Who Sorrow Rejoice" was built in the late 19th century. Before that, in 1840, the first Orthodox parish appeared in the village of Gorodishche, and in 1864, a wooden prayer house with the icon of the Mother of God "All Who Sorrow Rejoice" was brought from Tsaritsyn. During Soviet times, the building was used as a club, a warehouse, a storage for glass bottles, and later, a library that burned down in the 1970s due to a fire. In the autumn of 1942, the church housed the headquarters of the commander of the 6th Army of the Wehrmacht, Field Marshal Paulus, and later, a German military hospital. Near the church, on the site of the pre-revolutionary cemetery, the Germans buried their fallen and wounded soldiers and officers.

The parish of the Mother of God "All Who Sorrow Rejoice" was established in 1990. The church needs expensive restoration but is already partially adapted for services. Restoration work began in the late 1980s.

Since November 6, 1992, services have resumed in the refectory and narthex parts of the church. On February 4, 1993, the charter of the religious association was registered by the justice department of the Volgograd region administration, and certificate No. 121 was issued. Since May 1998, the sacrament of baptism has been conducted in a new baptistery building, constructed on the site of the former dance floor. On November 6, 1998, the first service was held in the partially plastered altar, while the central and corner domes with crosses were being made. In the summer of 1999, a metal fence was installed around the protective zone of the historical and cultural monument of the Volgograd region.

On August 11, 1999, the central dome was installed on the church, and on August 28, Archbishop German consecrated the dome cross, which was installed the same day. In August 1999, a charitable refectory began operations, and in the autumn, the Gorodishche District Center for Social Services transferred a warehouse building to the church. In May 2001, preparatory work for the restoration of the bell tower began, and on May 1, 2002, eight bells were installed on the rebuilt tier of the bell tower.

Inside the church, an iconostasis with a canopy over the altar has been installed, and a new charitable refectory has been opened, converted from the former stage of the summer dance floor. In 2003, the iconostasis was decorated, and most of the icons were painted. In 2006, the decoration of the iconostasis and the improvement of the altar were completed.