If you look closely at the church, you can notice the difference in architectural styles between the temple and the bell tower. This is explained by the fact that the church was built more than a century and a half earlier than the bell tower, in the early 18th century. At that time, at the mouth of the small Khmelovka River, two versts from Vasily, the Trinity Men's Monastery was founded. The church, built in 1708, was consecrated by the Kazan Metropolitan Tikhon and is the oldest Orthodox church preserved in the Vorotynsky district.

Its appearance breathes antiquity: low round vaults, small windows located high, wide patterned cornices, elegant frames made of hewn bricks, and perspective door portals executed in the traditions of the second half of the 17th century. On the southern side of the church, there is an altar in honor of St. Michael Malein, the patron of the royal Romanov family. Inside the temple, there were few changes: in 1840, the floor was covered with cast-iron tiles, and in 1845, it was allowed to update the colors on the ancient icons without touching the faces. The icons were lost in the 20th century and are known only from descriptions. The bell tower was originally wooden, tent-like, of the type "octagon on square" and stood separately from the church. Its appearance can be imagined from a drawing in the book by V.F. Kudryavtsev.

In 1872, the old bell tower became dilapidated, it was dismantled, and a three-tiered brick bell tower in the style of classicism was built over the western entrance. It is decorated with pilasters of the Doric order and arched openings in two tiers of the ringing. The bell tower completed the formation of the "ship" type church, widespread in Russia, where the bell tower, refectory, temple, and altar are aligned along one axis from west to east. Over time, the church and bell tower came to be perceived as a single ensemble. A stone staircase led from the northern doors of the church to the Volga.

Worship services in the church ceased in the late 1920s. During the atheistic times, the icons, cast-iron and alabaster floor tiles were lost. The hill above the church was adorned with a fruit garden, which froze in 1941. The wrought iron crosses on the domes were preserved the longest, but one of them was stolen by "lovers of antiquity" in the 1970s.

By the end of the 20th century, the church presented a sad sight: birches on the roof, rusted iron on the domes, cracked walls, and emptiness behind the open doors.

In 1998, the ancient temple reopened its doors, and restoration work began. There is hope that it will serve people for many more centuries. However, there are concerns about the proximity of the shore of the Cheboksary Reservoir, which is getting closer to the church each year, and the cracks in the walls caused by soil subsidence.