The village of Virma was for a long time part of the estate of the famous Martha the Settler, who held one of the leading positions among Novgorod feudal lords in terms of land ownership in Karelia. However, after the fall of the boyar rule in Novgorod, all boyar lands were confiscated. It is from this time that the first mentions of the church appear, with its first priest being Ioann Sorokin. What this church was like is not precisely known, but it is believed to have preceded the Peter and Paul Church, built no earlier than 1625.

The architecture of the church impresses with its plastic richness, contrasting with the surrounding nature. The central space of the church, a cube, is topped with a five-domed cube and covered with a gently sloping tent with curved edges, at the top of which is the main dome. To the east, a five-walled altar adjoins the cube, covered by a barrel vault, while to the west are the narthex and refectory.

The shape of the roof of the Peter and Paul Church belongs to the cubic type, which appeared and spread in the Russian North in the 17th century. One of the reasons for the emergence of such a roof was Patriarch Nikon's ban on the construction of tent churches. This is confirmed by the fact that the Church of Paraskeva Friday in the village of Shueretskoe, built in 1666, had one dome on an elongated cube resembling a tent. The emergence of complex roof forms was also influenced by new decorative trends of the 17th century. The low cube, rough cube, and massive central dome testify to the antiquity of the church.

The Peter and Paul Church has not survived to this day in its original form. Like many monuments of wooden architecture in the Russian North, it has undergone reconstructions and repairs reflecting various architectural trends. The first repair was carried out in 1635-1639, followed by a reconstruction half a century later. It is suggested that the church was re-consecrated due to Swedish raids and changes in church canons. In 1842, the church was first painted with ochre, in 1874 it was repainted with whitewash and covered with new wallpaper, and in 1893 it was whitewashed and covered with shingles. Numerous alterations have damaged the church's decor, particularly affecting the cladding of the northern wall of the central pillar.

The structural solution of the church and altar is traditional: the walls are made of logs with a diameter of 36 cm, hewn from the inside, with rounded edges that widen towards the top. In the attic, one can see the structure of the cube made of logs with gaps, resting on a six-log cube, which is embedded in the outer walls at the level of the eaves. This ensures the stability of the structure due to the intersecting log walls at right angles.

Historical data indicates that the tiered iconostasis of the Peter and Paul Church consisted of four tiers of 17th-century icons and dates back to 1625.

The Peter and Paul Church is the result of the complex searches and joyful discoveries of ancient master builders.