The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin of the Zamoskvoretsky Old Believers Community was built between 1908 and 1910 based on the design of architect Vladimir Pavlovich Desyatov. It is executed in the "neo-Byzantine" style with elements of ancient Russian architecture.

Among the many Moscow churches that have long adorned the capital, one can find buildings with unusual architecture. At first glance, they resemble ancient Russian structures with helmet-shaped or bulbous domes, arcature belts, and cornices, but something about their appearance seems unfamiliar. Churches like the Intercession Cathedral of the Russian Old Believers Church attract attention with their uniqueness.

In the architectural history of Moscow, with its variety of styles, there was a period in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries when architects turned to forgotten forms of Byzantium, from which the main type of cross-domed church was borrowed along with Christianity. The so-called "historicism" began to manifest itself in church architecture. The Manifesto on Religious Tolerance of 1905 initiated the construction of new Old Believer churches. This church was built for Old Believers adhering to the Belokrinitskaya hierarchy.

Vladimir Pavlovich Desyatov's design in the "neo-Byzantine" style features a large rotunda-shaped low drum, a squat dome, the absence of a refectory, and external simplicity and conciseness. Thanks to the volume of the drum and dome, the interior space of the church is not divided and represents a single spacious hall. The church is adorned with frescoes created by icon painters from the workshop of Y. A. Bogatenko. Large windows on the drum are united by an arcade belt. The cubic volume is topped with triangular pediments, reminiscent of the architecture of Novgorod churches. The transition from the square base to the drum is made through a low octagon, almost imperceptible from the outside. The northern and southern facades feature panels and arches in the shape of a trefoil. The central windows are designed in the Art Nouveau style, and the use of wall surfaces to create patterns is characteristic of church Art Nouveau, as seen in the Church of the Intercession on Gavrikov Lane.

The bell tower is almost adjacent to the church and appears as a single volume, square in plan. The transition from the "square" to the "octagon" occurs at the middle level of the bell ringing, where the corners are cut and covered with a triangular cornice, allowing the bell tower to be topped with ancient Russian kokoshniks. In the panel of the bell tower and the frieze of the apse, there is a large "runner" made of zigzag-laid bricks.

The facades of the church and bell tower are adorned with recessed eight-pointed crosses in white.

The church is surrounded by an interesting fence characteristic of the pseudo-Russian style. Two such fence designs have been preserved: one in Kropotkinsky Lane, at the site of the demolished Church of the Trinity in Zubov, and the other here. The basis of the design is the geometry of classicism, supplemented by Russian details. The span between the pillars is made in the form of two rectangles with intersecting diagonals, into which images of "chervonki" with scrolls from the ancient Russian style are inserted. An eight-pointed cross is placed on the entrance gate, and one of the pillars retains a flag holder from that time.

In 1930, the church was closed and transferred to the management of the Society for the Promotion of Defense, Aviation, and Chemical Construction. In the 1970s, it was under the management of the ORS Metrostroy. In 1990, the church was handed over to the Russian Old Believers Church, and restoration was carried out in the 2000s.