By 2018, the church in the village of Lijma continues to stand on the shore of the Small Lijemskaya Bay of Lake Onega, almost at the mouth of the Lijma River. However, after years of spiritual desolation in the Soviet Union, the temple lost its former beauty, which has not yet been restored. After 1917, a systematic struggle against religion began in the country: churches were burned, destroyed, or turned into clubs, warehouses, and at best, into libraries and museums. The Nikolskaya Church in Lijma went through all these changes, and to this day, large warehouse doors are embedded in its walls, and a utility room has been added to the altar.

The church building is wooden and consists of four levels: a small altar, a high main prayer room, a refectory, and a narthex, located on different levels. All rooms, except for the altar, have independent gabled roofs, while the altar is covered with a roof of five "petals." The church stands on a solid stone foundation, which was rare for wooden churches of that time. Perhaps it is precisely because of this foundation that the building has survived to this day without serious damage, allowing it to be used for utility purposes.

According to data from the National Archive of Karelia, provided by Irina Petukhova, the deputy director, the construction of the Lijma church began in 1855 and was completed in 1860. The church is wooden, with a bell tower, consecrated in honor of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. It has three altars: the main one in the name of the Life-Giving Trinity, and two warm chapels in honor of the Dormition of the Mother of God and Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra the Wonderworker. In 1890, the priest in the Lijma parish was Vasily Ivanovich Plotnikov, born in 1829. The Nikolskaya Lijma church also owned a house for the priest and psalmist, built with funds from the St. Petersburg merchant Vasily Gromov.