The church was built on the site of a chapel that existed since 1884 at the Zarechny cemetery. Its construction began on August 25, 1902, and the consecration took place on May 23, 1908. Soon after, funds were allocated for the maintenance of a separate clergy. The church was closed in 1939. The brick building with unplastered facades is designed in the Russian style, featuring decorative elements characteristic of the second half of the 17th century. The composition of the church is longitudinal-axial, including a single-domed square base with low and narrower volumes of a semicircular apse, a rectangular refectory, and a porch leading to a three-tiered bell tower. The facades of the square base are topped with high gables, and the four-gabled roof with diagonal slopes enriches the silhouette of the church, making the main volume the dominant feature of the composition. The organization of the facades is subordinated to the gables: large arched windows form a pyramidal composition, emphasized by a three-arched archivolt. The arcature of niches and the developed cornice with teeth and cityscapes repeat the slopes of the gables. The plasticity of the facades is enriched with semi-columns with white stone capitals and bases, protruding risalits of entrance portals, and massive crosses in niches. The decor of the refectory and bell tower is more restrained, mimicking elements of 17th-century church adornment. In the middle tier of the bell tower, there are alternating through and false arched windows with frames, the arches of which resemble a pile of three kokoshniks.
Inside, the main square base is covered with an octagonal vault with narrow diagonal faces. It connects with the apse, covered with a conch, and the refectory, whose vault is archaic for its time. In the apse and refectory, some of the Mettlach floor tiles have been preserved. The vaults and arches in the church are treated with profiled ties. Currently, equipment for flour milling production has been installed inside the former church. The room has generally retained its original volume but has undergone internal re-planning. Fragments of painting have been preserved on the vaults of the church under a layer of whitewash.
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