The history of the Orthodox complex of buildings, where the administration of the Tatarstan and Kazan diocese is now located, deserves more detailed study. It begins in 1832, when a spiritual men's school was established here. This two-story house at the intersection of Gruzinskaya and Kazanskaya streets belonged to the wealthy Kazan landowner Yekaterina Petrovna Gerken. In 1831, she sold it to the Kazan spiritual school, founded in 1818, which until then had no building of its own. Other buildings adjacent to Gerken's house, built at different times and under various circumstances, were also acquired for the school. This created certain inconveniences for accommodating the students, the main one being the lack of a church.

Yefimiy Alexandrovich Malov, a professor at the Kazan Spiritual Academy, describes in his book "Historical Description of the Churches of Kazan" how the school faced difficulties due to the absence of its own church. The Friday Church, which the students attended, could not fully meet their needs. The school administration repeatedly appealed to His Eminence Antoniy for a larger church. In April 1875, Pavel Vasilyevich Shchetinkin, a first-guild merchant, offered his funds to create a home church and provide it with the necessary furnishings.

Malov details the process of reconstructing the school building. By September 1875, the construction work was completed, and the interior of the church began to be arranged. On December 17, 1875, Archbishop Antoniy of Kazan and Sviyazhsk consecrated the school church in honor of the Venerable Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves. This converted complex with a home church lasted for 17 years. However, with the increase in the number of students, the church became cramped. In 1892, P.V. Shchetinkin again allocated funds for the construction of a more spacious church building.

Architect M.D. Mikhailov designed a separate annex in an eclectic style and personally supervised the work. After the construction was completed, the church was reconsecrated in the name of Paul the Confessor and was named Paul’s Church in honor of Shchetinkin's generosity.

In 1918, the school was closed, and the church was abolished. The buildings were used as residential premises. Only in 1998 was the former school complex transferred to the diocese. In January 2013, the restored home church at the administration of the Tatarstan and Kazan Metropolis was consecrated in honor of the Resurrection of Christ.