The Church of Saints Zacharias and Elizabeth is the first stone structure of the Holy Trinity Klimenets Monastery and, likely, the oldest stone building on Big Klimenets Island. Built in 1757 with funds donated by Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, the church was probably erected by a group of peasant craftsmen unfamiliar with the popular baroque style of the time. The architecture of the building is simple and archaic: it is a square structure with a narthex and a quadrangular apse, topped with a four-pitched roof and a single dome. The external decor is minimal and includes pilaster strips on the side walls and a brick cornice along the apse laid at an angle.

In 1840, the church was slightly rebuilt, and in 1906 it suffered from a fire, but unlike most other monastery buildings, it survived. In the 1920s, the church was closed along with the monastery, and in the post-war period, it was used for housing the staff of a pioneer camp that was located in the former monastery buildings.

Today, after the camp's closure, the area of the Klimenitsy site is abandoned. The Church of Zacharias and Elizabeth is reportedly sometimes used as a living space. The second floor is partially glazed and insulated, with a stove installed that has a chimney through the dome. The lower part of the church is in a more deplorable condition. At the entrance, a cold storage pit has been equipped in the floor, where human remains were found, buried after the destruction of the monastery cemetery during the Soviet years. The main area of the temple has been partially cleared of debris, including the floor of the left choir, where, according to tradition, the relics of the monastery founder Jonah Klimetsky rest. Fragments of frescoes that were attempted to be removed during the building's renovation have survived on the altar walls; today they are deteriorating due to humidity and lack of glazing. The condition of the building raises concerns: the bricks are crumbling, the plaster is missing, and the vaults without a roof are close to collapsing.