The church in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, known as the Vladimir Narthex Church, was built in 1682 in the Mikhailo-Arkhangelsky Monastery. Archbishop Gelasius of Veliky Ustyug and Totma blessed its construction. The funds for the stone church were provided by the deacon of the Mironositskaya Church, I. O. Maltsev. The church was specifically built for the icon of the "Vladimir Mother of God," created by the Ustyug painter A. P. Sokolov based on the famous Moscow shrine. The Vladimir Narthex Church has one dome and holy gates, through which entry to the monastery was originally made. Remnants of the old stone monastery wall, destroyed in the 19th century, are still visible at the southern and western corners of the church.

From the interior decoration of the church, the royal gates of the iconostasis from the late 17th century have been preserved, which are now located in the Veliky Ustyug Local History Museum. They stand out with their gilded lace made of tin, popular in the North. The ornate cut-out overlays on the gates, placed against the backdrop of tinted mica, consist of standard elements but create an impression of uniqueness. A small pinnacle on the gates is adorned with ten gilded figures of archangels, facing the "Prepared Throne" in the center. Similar figures decorate the upper part of the side columns of the gates. The gates themselves depict the evangelists and the scene of the "Annunciation."