The Prechisten Church, located in the Goncharna Sloboda behind the Kuznetskaya Sloboda, is first mentioned in the land registry book of 1629. From the mid-17th century, its name was supplemented with clarifications such as "in the Goncharas" or "in the Brick Sloboda." Initially, the church was not located where the modern building stands today. The ancient church was situated near the Ascension Church, one block higher. In 1730, the wooden temple was replaced by a stone one, which had an altar in the name of the Three Universal Saints. The construction was financed by merchant Irodion Chechulin. The roof was shingled, the domes were stone covered with green tiles, and the crosses were gilded. However, half a century later, the parishioners appealed to Bishop Athanasius with a request to demolish the old church and build a new one at the same or another location. A new site was chosen in the square of the armory arsenal. From 1789 to 1808, a new church was erected in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary with altars of the Three Saints and the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow." The construction was carried out with donations from parishioners, who contributed money and materials. The church housed an ancient copper icon "The Sign of the Blessed Virgin Mary," found in the ground in 1789 during construction. This discovery was considered a sign of special favor from the Blessed Virgin Mary. The church was built in the style of early classicism, with characteristic four-column porticos, an elliptical dome, simple semicircular windows, and minimal decor. A distinctive feature of the temple is the dome, which rests directly on the main volume without a large light drum, a rare technique in cult architecture of that time. The dome was topped with a small cupola, lost during the Soviet era. Simultaneously with the church, an elegant three-tiered bell tower was built with six bells, the largest of which weighed 210 poods. One of the bells was acquired as early as 1650 from the Moscow master Daniil Tyulenyev. In the early 20th century, there was a stone almshouse for 16 people at the church. From 1880, a church parish school operated at the church, and from 1893, a school for 80 students was opened with funds from Metropolitan Sergius of Moscow, whose father was a protodeacon of this church. In 1897, a beautiful iron fence was installed around the church. The last update of the church occurred in 1912 when parishioner Evgeny Ivanovich Vetrov donated over 17,000 rubles for gilding the iconostasis, vestments, and renewing the paintings. At the end of the 19th century, Metropolitan Sergius of Moscow served in this church. In 1924, the church was temporarily closed, but soon services resumed. The church was finally closed in 1929, after which the bell tower was destroyed, and the fence was dismantled. Subsequently, the building was used as communal housing, a storage facility for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and a base for "Tulshakhtostroy." By the late 1980s, the former church was abandoned and turned into a dump. In 1991, the church building was placed under state protection as a monument of history and culture of regional significance. In the early 2000s, the church was returned to the faithful, and restoration began in 2002. Currently, restoration work is not completed due to insufficient funding.