The church is located in the center of the village, near the right bank of the Moloma River. It is a two-story building with six altars, built of brick with funds from parishioners in honor of the 15th anniversary of victory over Napoleon in the Patriotic War of 1812. The facades still show traces of lime plaster. The documents for the laying of the church, as well as its plan and facade, were obtained in 1824 from the Bishop of Vologda and Veliky Ustyug, Onisifor. Construction began in the spring of 1827, and on December 6, the lower church was consecrated in the name of Nicholas the Wonderworker. The church records for 1829 indicate that materials were being prepared for the upper church, and two years later, it was reported that its construction was completed. The summer church was consecrated on September 27, 1837, in honor of John the Theologian. Earlier, on November 26, 1834, a second chapel dedicated to Flora and Lavra was consecrated in the lower church. Another chapel was consecrated on December 5, 1870, in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow."

According to the clerical record of the Chemelskaya Church of John the Theologian for 1902, from 1894 to September 1901, the construction of a new stone bell tower was carried out according to the project of the Vyatka engineer V.M. Druzhinin. The document also mentions work on the "internal expansion of the church" and the construction of a "porch." The exact nature of these activities is unknown, but as a result, the altars of the lower church were reconsecrated: the main Nikolaevsky altar on May 4, 1890, and in the southern chapel, the Sorrowful altar on February 10, 1898, "due to the collapse of the vaults and repairs of the church."

The final stage of construction, during which the refectory part of the church was completely redone, likely occurred in the 1910s. Careful design of the facades of the new part of the building allowed for the preservation of the church's unified style. In those years, the last major works on the monumental painting of the interior of the upper church were completed. It is known that the northern chapel of this church was consecrated in honor of Basil the Great, and the southern one, in honor of John Chrysostom.

As a result of a fire in 1954, the roof over the refectory was completely burned. The fire destroyed the altar domes, and the roof structure, restored 12 years later, although it performs its function, does not correspond to the complex cornice outline of the walls. To this day, the church has retained its external appearance and part of the wall paintings of the upper floor with elements of interior decoration.

This is one of the bright examples of the traditional tiered type of churches of the Ustyug school, in which baroque style transitioned into a classicist transformation.