The Orthodox church of the Gallic Metropolis of the Constantinople Patriarchate, located in Biarritz on the Avenue of the Empress, was consecrated in 1892.

Since 1854, visits to the city by Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie began attracting significant European figures from politics, economics, and culture, including representatives of the Russian Empire. The largest number of Russians visited the city from September to November, during the so-called "Russian season."

The Russian community needed a place for worship. In 1870, after the fall of Napoleon III, the new republican government refused to allow the construction of a Russian church in Biarritz. When the former imperial residence "Villa Eugenie" was sold and became the "Hotel Biarritz," one of its salons was temporarily converted into an Orthodox chapel. It was consecrated on August 27, 1887, by Hieromonk Iridion, the rector of the church in Pau, who installed an iconostasis brought from St. Petersburg. In 1888, thanks to the intervention of Tsar Alexander III, permission was granted to build the church. In 1889, the "Committee for the Arrangement and Strengthening of the Existence of the Orthodox House Church in Biarritz" was established, headed by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich. In October 1889, the community purchased a plot opposite Eugenie's palace for 25,000 francs.

The laying of the church according to the design of N. N. Nikonov took place on October 1, 1890. The consecration occurred on September 13, 1892, in the presence of the Russian ambassador in Paris A. P. Morengheim, Duke Georgy Leuchtenberg, and representatives of local authorities. However, as noted by Priest Georgy Ashkov, mistakes were made during construction: the church was built as if it were far from the sea, using stone, cement, and plaster. This led to the building, located only 300 meters from the ocean, being subjected to the destructive effects of wind, salt, and hurricanes, requiring major repairs every 25 years.

After the consecration, services in the church were held only during the autumn season, from August 1 to November 15, by hieromonks from the Alexander Nevsky Lavra or priests from the Russian church in Pau, to which the church was assigned until spring 1912.

In the 1900s, Biarritz reached its peak popularity and became a winter climate resort. In winter, about 15 Russian families lived here permanently, and the church was visited by at least 120 people (up to 800 in summer). A library and a "Thursday" school for children operated at the church. During the winter-spring months of 1906 and 1910, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich with his wife, Prince P. A. Oldenburg with his wife, Duke G. M. Leuchtenberg with his family, and others frequently visited Biarritz. Some of them purchased real estate in the city.

From 1908, services in the church were also held in spring and winter, but this required significant efforts and intervention from high-ranking individuals. In the summer of 1913, an independent clergy was approved, and Archpriest Nikolai Vasilyevich Popov was appointed as the rector, who also served in the church in Pau and was an active missionary.

Until 1920, like all Russian Orthodox churches in Europe, the church was under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg (Petrograd).