The five-domed stone church was built in 1675 on the site of an older church, and its main altar, dedicated to the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross, was consecrated in 1688. In the southern part of the altar, there was a chapel of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, consecrated on July 27, 1690. From June 10, 1734, to June 19, 1735, the church was adorned with frescoes created by Yaroslavl artists under the guidance of the banner bearer Alexei Ivanov Soplyakov, funded by the parishioners, the Vikulins merchants. The artel included masters such as Ivan Nikitin Gorin with his brother Ivan, Andrei Emelyanov Shustov with his children Afanasy and Ivan, Alexei Sergeev, and others. Some of the paintings have survived under the whitewashing.

Between 1860 and 1865, extensive repair and restoration work was carried out in the church. The wall paintings and icons were updated, the iconostases in the main altar and the Kazan chapel were gilded, and a porch was built on the western side. These works were financed by the Krokhonyatkin and Konstantinov merchants.

In 1722, to the south of the summer church, a warm single-domed church with a refectory was built, dedicated to the Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian. In the southern part of its altar, a chapel was arranged in honor of the Venerable Onuphrius the Great and Peter of Athos. In 1842, a new altar iconostasis was installed in the warm church, designed by local parishioner Ivan Alexeev, funded by merchant Fyodor Kozhukhov and townsman Semyon Charyshnikov. In 1843, the church and altar were decorated with wall paintings executed by Yaroslavl townsman Fyodor Ivanov Telegin, funded by the Krokhonyatkin merchants. In 1869, the wall paintings were updated, and the iconostasis was gilded anew.

Both churches were surrounded by a stone fence 164 fathoms long. To the west of the cold church stood a three-tiered tent bell tower, the time of its construction and demolition is unknown. It housed "iron clocks, arranged in the German manner" and 8 bells, weighing from 284 poods to 2 poods 5 pounds.

The church was closed in 1930, and both buildings were handed over to a construction organization, leading to their distortion. In the early 2010s, the churches were returned to the Yaroslavl diocese. Restoring them to their former glory will require complex and costly restoration work.