The cemetery church in honor of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin was built in 1824 thanks to the efforts of the parishioners of the Trinity Cathedral. Construction began in 1822 and was completed two years later. There is no disagreement regarding the date of the church's construction. However, there is an opinion that the church was affiliated with the Gorodets Theodorov Monastery and was part of its complex, although archival data does not confirm this. This viewpoint likely stems from the territorial proximity of the church and cemetery to the monastery. The cemetery of the Intercession Church was the burial place for parishioners of the Trinity-Nikolsky Cathedral and the Savior Church. The churches were architectural monuments and served not only religious functions but also acted as centers of public life. The Intercession Church became a monument to the defenders of the Fatherland in the 1812 war. Many residents of Gorodets participated in that war, and many perished. Similar monuments were erected in various cities and villages of Russia in honor of the fallen heroes and the victory over Napoleonic France. The church had three altars: the main one in honor of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin, the second in the right warm chapel in honor of the Kazan Mother of God icon, and the third in the left chapel in honor of the Three Hierarchs, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom. A description of the church from 1910 states: "The church is made of stone, with the bell tower and the lower part of the church plastered with cement on the outside, painted with oil paint and decorated with frescoes on the inside." At the entrance to the temple, inside the bell tower, there was a memorial plaque indicating the date of construction and the event in honor of which the church was erected. "The church is covered with iron painted with green oil paint. The length of the church with the bell tower is 32.01 m, the maximum width is 20.63 m, and the height to the top of the cornice is 12.8 m. The church has one central dome and three small ones. There are 26 large windows. There is 1 external iron double door and 5 internal doors."

Other information about the church has been preserved, concerning the iconostases and stoves. "The iconostasis is 9.96 m long and 10.67 m high," valued at 2 thousand rubles. The iconostases in the refectory were identical, both left and right, "each 10.67 m long and 3.56 m high, both valued at 1,000 rubles." The church was heated by three tiled stoves, the sizes of which were not specified in the insurance documents. Together with the iconostases, the church was valued at 7,000 rubles, later revalued at 12,000 rubles. There were no income-generating buildings for the church, but there was a stone building constructed by merchant Lazutin, which housed a women's almshouse. The church also owned a watchman's lodge built in 1885, which no longer exists. The lost watchman's lodge had no architectural or historical value, but the gates at the entrance and the metal fence of the cemetery on a brick foundation were recently destroyed. The ancient Gorodets cemetery by the church was also destroyed to create the Victory Square in honor of the 40th anniversary of the victory over fascist Germany. This is a bitter reality, to destroy a monument to the heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812 for the sake of erecting a monument to the heroes of the 1941-1945 war.