This place has always attracted people: a yew-boxwood grove, majestic mountains, sparkling waterfalls, cork oaks, and of course, the sea; it is impossible to remain indifferent to such nature. Ancient Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Genoese, and Turks settled here. From the Genoese, the ruins of an ancient fortress with four towers remain. The Byzantines, who converted the locals to Christianity, built three churches that were later destroyed by the Turks. Ancient Khosta has endured much over two and a half thousand years. The end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries were marked by the intensive development of the Black Sea coast. Senator N.S. Abaza noticed the favorable location of this place, with a wide area by the sea and a deep sea bend. It was decided to create a city here: streets and roads were laid out, plots for a church, school, and trade were designated, and 175 urban plots were allocated to private individuals in 1901-1903 with the obligation to clear, fence, and build on the land within three years. This is how the emergence of the resort village is described in F.P. Dobrokhotov's book "The Black Sea Coast of the Caucasus," published in 1916.

Khosta, which was part of the parish village of Adler, did not have its own church, creating many inconveniences for the locals. In the early 20th century, at the initiative of the wife of Minister of Justice Nikolai II, M.F. Shcheglovitova, P. Bulatov, N. Golubenko, and others, a committee was formed to establish a church, school, and outpatient clinic in the town. At the same time, the brotherhood of the Adler Holy Trinity Monastery, led by Hieromonk Markian, planned to open a dependency in Khosta, consecrating it in the name of Nicholas the Wonderworker and in memory of Emperor Nicholas I. However, the revolutionary events of 1905-1906, financial difficulties, and confusion delayed the implementation of these plans. The villagers, forced to leave their homes due to political turmoil, returned only later, needing help themselves and unable to support the construction of the church. In 1909, construction was permitted. The Holy Synod blessed the local landowner, the wife of the Minister of Justice, Maria Shcheglovitova, to collect donations for the new church. Moreover, the Synod allocated 4,000 rubles for construction in the name of Emperor Nicholas II. The project, created by Sochi architect V.A. Ionov, was recognized as the most successful, and in the 1910s, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord appeared in Khosta.

After 1917, the church was closed, and later it housed a bus station. In 1991, the basement of the building was handed over to the believers, and in 2001, the entire church was returned.