The church was built in the classical style, which is not surprising, as it was laid in 1838 and consecrated only twenty years later. By that time, the "Russian-Byzantine" style was already coming into fashion. The octagonal bell tower was erected later, in 1865, and ten years later, the refectory was expanded, as there were over a thousand parishioners in the congregation, and space became insufficient, especially during festive services. In 1829, a Nikolsky chapel was arranged and consecrated in the refectory, after which the church had two chapels: a summer one in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord and a warm one in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

Architecturally, it is a square with a dome rotunda, a refectory, and a three-tiered bell tower. The stone church was not built in an empty place, as all the villages around Vladimir have ancient histories, and Goritsy is no exception. They have existed since at least the 15th century and are mentioned in the charter of Grand Prince Vasily III in 1515. Before the secularization reform of 1764, Goritsy belonged to the Vladimir Christmas Monastery, and wooden churches had stood in the village for a long time. During the Soviet era, the church was closed in 1939, despite appeals from local parishioners to the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, and it was returned to the faithful only in 1992. Before that, the church was not used.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Transfiguration Church in Goritsy was one of the few rural churches that underwent external restoration. In January 1995, it was granted the status of an architectural monument. Restoration work continues to this day.