The Entry-Jerusalem Church in Yoshkar-Ola was built in 1754 thanks to merchant Alexei Matveyevich Karelin. The temple had three altars: the main one was consecrated in honor of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, the right side altar in honor of the Beheading of John the Baptist, and the left in honor of the apostles Peter and Paul. The church was known for its relics, among which the icon of the Theotokos appearing to St. Sergius of Radonezh was especially venerated. This icon survived years of persecution and is now located in the Mother of God-Sergius Monastery in the Kilemar district.

Since 1886, a charitable institution operated at the church, built on donations, and in 1888 it became the Mother of God-Sergius Women’s Monastery. The Entry-Jerusalem Church became a monastery for 33 years, during which a two-class school functioned, the building of which has survived to this day. The clergy of the church taught the Law of God in the church-parish school of the village of Bolshaya Nola and in the zemstvo schools of the villages of Bolshoye Chigashevo, Nola-Vershinino, and Yelnyagi.

During the period of persecution of faith, the parish of the Entry-Jerusalem Church experienced hard times. On September 11, 1918, priest Antoniy Nikolaev was shot on false charges of counter-revolutionary activity. In 1921, the monastery was closed, and the church became a parish again. In the early 1920s, the clergy possibly leaned towards renovationism but soon returned to Orthodoxy. From 1926 to 1928, the strict spiritual life of the parishioners was supported by abbot Sergiy Mytikov, the former head of the Mironositsky Monastery.

On January 8, 1930, the Oblispolkom decided to close the church and transfer its property to the authorities. The church was destroyed, and the bricks were used for civil construction.

In 2012, it was decided to restore the church on its historical foundation on the territory of the Mother of God-Sergius Monastery. The architects tried to reproduce the appearance of the destroyed church as accurately as possible. As of now, the walls of the church are almost completed, and one can imagine what it will look like. On April 9, 2016, Archbishop Ioann of Yoshkar-Ola and Mari El, in the presence of the Head of the Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov and members of the Government, held a prayer service for the consecration of new bells. Eleven bells were cast in Kamensk-Uralsky and brought to Yoshkar-Ola, the largest of which weighs over 3 tons.