The church in the village of Pokrovsk, located in Yukhte, is two-storied and was founded in 1779. It has two altars: the Protection of the Holy Virgin and Saint Martyr Paraskeva. The parish of this church includes 53 villages.

This is one of fifteen stone churches built by Count Sheremetev on his Yaroslavl lands. The church was located in the Yukhotsky stan of the Uglich district, now part of the Uglich municipal area.

The construction of the church was blessed by Bishop Afanasiy of Rostov and Yaroslavl, who held the Rostov see from 1763 to 1776. He issued a decree for the construction of the church in the village of Pokrovsk. The two-story church was consecrated in two stages: the lower floor in 1775 and the upper one in 1779. Although literature cites the year of construction of the Protection Church as 1779, the consecration of the lower church suggests that the building could have been completed as early as 1775.

The church is designed in an axial three-part scheme, with a five-domed square base on a high stylobate. Its architecture is similar to that of the Trinity Church in the village of Voshchazhnikovo and the Church of Flora and Lavra (or the Resurrection Church) in the village of Florovskoye, all located in the Sheremetev estate. These churches are built in the style of late, Catherine Baroque, with richly decorated facades. In all cases, the square base is covered with a vaulted ceiling with lucarnes. Semi-circular tympanums emphasize the completion of the walls, and the corners are highlighted with paired pilasters. The facades are divided by cornices of complex profiles with brackets.

Faceted drums are topped with domes with 'grabs'. Window openings are decorated with architraves with ears and keystones, as well as arched pediments, eyebrows, and sandriks. Otherwise, the architecture differs in details, such as the shape of the altar: semi-circular in Voshchazhnikovo and Florovskoye, faceted in Pokrovsk, as well as the architecture of the bell towers. There are indications that the well-known Moscow architect Karl Ivanovich Blank may have been involved in the design of all three churches.