The stone Lazarus Church was built in 1667. The "Historical and Statistical Description of the Churches and Parishes of the Vladimir Diocese" mentions that under the altar of the temple was a cross with the inscription: "The altar of the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ was sanctified and this cross was erected in the church of Saint Righteous Lazarus in the year 7175, on the 6th day of October, during the reign of the pious Tsar and Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich, Sovereign of all Great, Little, and White Russia, and during the time of Archbishop Stephen of Suzdal and Yuriev."

The history of the Lazarus Church parish is known only in general terms. Its life was relatively calm and uncomplicated. After a fire in the neighboring Rizopolozhensky Monastery, the relics of the Venerable Euphrosinia of Suzdal were temporarily transferred to the Lazarus Church. This episode is described in the "Travel Letters from Ancient Suzdal Region" by church historian M.V. Tolstoy. In 1745, a stone warm church was built next to the Lazarus Church, consecrated in honor of the Holy Martyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum, with a bell tower featured in the film "The Marriage of Balzaminov." The well-known researcher of the Vladimir region, N.N. Voronin, noted in his "Guide to Ancient Cities of Vladimir Land": "Very beautiful and graceful, adjacent to the church of Antipas from the west, is the bell tower built, apparently, somewhat earlier, with a typical for Suzdal concave dome 'pipe', with round lucarnes."

Before the revolution, Suzdal had more churches per capita than anywhere else. The Lazarus Church was one of many but stood out for its beauty, especially after the completion of the ensemble with the construction of the Antipas Church and the polychrome bell tower.

After the October Revolution, both churches were closed, and their interiors were looted. The winter Antipas Church was turned into a garage. Since the 1960s, the churches have been maintained in decent condition, as Suzdal became a tourist center, and its monuments needed to look respectable.

In 1959, architect A.D. Varganov conducted a restoration of the Lazarus and Antipas churches complex, restoring the polychrome coloring of the bell tower. The Lazarus Church shares many features with other parish churches of Suzdal, but also has a number of differences. N.N. Voronin wrote: "The existing five-domed church is typical in appearance for many parish church buildings of the 17th century, with a cubic volume of the square base and three apses, different portals on each facade, a wide juicy cornice with horseshoe-shaped kokoshniks and a frieze of tiles, similar kokoshniks decorate the bases of the corner domes, and the drums of the domes are adorned with an arcature-columned belt. However, unlike the usual temples of this kind, where the corner domes are blind, here all of them have windows. This is due to the interesting and rare two-column structure of the building. Inside the temple, there are two columns on which two pairs of longitudinal arches rest, spanning the eastern and western walls, between them vaults are erected."

After the revolution, there were no revered icons or relics left in the Lazarus Church. There is no information about any significant icons being present in this temple before the revolution. In the 1990s, the church was under the management of the Russian Orthodox Old Believers Church, and repairs were conducted then. However, its artistic side leaves much to be desired: the iconostasis is of crude workmanship, with primitive paintings reminiscent of poor oleographs, and the widespread use of plastic-blue color, which probably seemed heavenly azure. As they left, the schismatics tried to take as much as possible, for example, they broke the royal gates. Now they are being replaced with temporary plywood doors. Over time, the church will undoubtedly acquire an interior worthy of its exterior appearance.