The Church of St. Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow, which was previously part of the Christ the Savior Monastery, is located to the west of the Christ the Savior Church. The gate church of St. Alexius the Metropolitan with a bell tower and Holy Gates was built in 1701 under the abbess Anna.

On the western side, a clock booth on four wooden pillars adjoined the church, and from inside the monastery, there were two wooden porches. In 1732, the dilapidated church, from which the dome had fallen, was repaired. In 1748, the church burned down along with its furnishings, but was soon restored. Probably, at that time, the wooden pillar for the clock was replaced with a brick one with an internal entrance, which has survived to this day.

The Alexius Church was not distinguished by the richness of its furnishings and iconostasis, as services were mainly held in the summer when everything necessary was brought from the Christ the Savior Church. In the late 18th century, the church burned down again, and the bells in the bell tower were either broken or melted. The damaged tier of the bell was dismantled, and a taller bell tower in the classical style was built. It is possible that at that time the window frames were plastered in the style of Naryshkin Baroque, traces of which are visible on the walls. Around 1800, the bell tower was completed, and six bells cast at the Moscow factory of merchant Strugovnikov were installed on it.

In 1896, with the blessing of Bishop Misail, the dilapidated porch was dismantled, and a two-story brick building was added to the southern wall of the church, where a women's church-parish school operated from 1898. The school was closed after the revolution, and the building was confiscated. Later, the gate church was also closed, and the bells were removed. During the Great Patriotic War, the school burned down, and the bell tower was damaged by shells.

In 1947 and 1949, the development of a restoration project began. The authors of the project were the inspector for the protection of monuments M.V. Kaplinsky, chief engineer Lisitsyn, and designer Gusarov. The project provided for the demolition of the 19th-century bell tower and the restoration of the church in the form that, according to Kaplinsky, it had in the early 18th century, although there was no documentary evidence for this.

Due to a lack of funds, the project was not fully implemented. Restorers dismantled the bell tower and removed the plaster from the Holy Gates, revealing traces of 18th-century frames. The partially restored church ended up in the hands of random users, leading to further losses. The second floor of the apse was dismantled and replaced with a wooden shed. In this form, the church has survived to this day.