The building was constructed between 1784 and 1787 for the landowner M.E. Bezdorozhkov from brick on the site of an earlier wooden church known since the early 17th century. This column-free domed structure is executed in the traditional Baroque style. The tall square base with a lowered pentagonal altar supports a large light octagon, crowned with a high faceted dome featuring four lanterns and a head, of which only the cylindrical neck remains. A tiered bell tower, equal in width to the main volume, adjoins the elongated refectory from the west, of which only the lower square base with massive walls remains. The entrances to the church are located in the center of the side facades and from the west, through the lower tier of the bell tower.
The facades are adorned with a combination of Baroque and early Neoclassical elements. Flat pilasters decorate the corners of the building and form porticos on the side of the square base, while the walls are topped with simplified entablatures. The windows with arched lintels are framed in Baroque style with locks and 'ears', complemented by rectangular niches at the upper part of the walls. The portals have a more complex design with large teeth and a panelled projection above the cornice.
In the interior, the main space of the church, transitioning to a cylindrical octagon, is covered by a dome. It is connected by three openings to the altar, covered by a vaulted ceiling, and one to the refectory, covered by a barrel vault; the lower tier of the bell tower has the same type of vaulting with two niches at the ends. In the western corners of the refectory, there are two small chambers, and an internal staircase with an external entrance from the northwest corner led to the bell tower.
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