The Church of the Resurrection of Christ is located in St. Petersburg on the embankment of the Obvodny Canal, near the former Warsaw Railway Station. It belongs to the St. Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church and is part of the Admiralty Deanery.

This church, with its tall bell tower at the entrance, located next to the Warsaw Station, was affectionately called 'Varshavka' by local workers. It was visited by over a million people annually. On December 19, the day of Saint Boniface, the patron of abstainers, solemn archpriest services were held here. On the third day of Easter, abstainers would go in a procession to the Lavra to the relics of the righteous Prince Alexander Nevsky, and at the end of June, to the desert to St. Sergius. At the end of August, they would go to the Kazan Cathedral.

The Church of the Resurrection of Christ of the All-Russian Alexander Nevsky Brotherhood of Sobriety was laid on August 14, 1894, in memory of the marriage of Their Majesties. The most revered icons of the capital participated in the procession. The Society for the Promotion of Religious and Moral Enlightenment moved an old wooden church from Nikolayevskaya Street here, which was quickly assembled and consecrated on December 4 by Archbishop Anthony of Finland under the guidance of S. P. and V. P. Kondratyev.

In 1896 and 1897, the Society erected a three-story building nearby for a school and a library-reading room designed by G. G. von Goli. On August 3, 1898, at the initiative of the second priest Alexander Vasilyevich Rozhdestvensky, the Alexander Nevsky Society of Sobriety was established. It aimed to promote not only abstinence from alcoholic beverages but also a holistic Christian way of life. In the capital, it had over 70,000 members, and branches with their own churches operated throughout the country.

Abstainers published magazines, books, brochures, and leaflets, and conducted teachings and discussions. In 1914, the Society became the All-Russian Brotherhood and received the church for temporary use. They began collecting funds for the construction of a stone church, and 25,000 rubles for this purpose were allocated by the Emperor. The building was laid on July 25, 1904, according to the design of Academician G. D. Grimm with the participation of G. G. von Goli and A. L. Guna. By the end of the following year, it was ready. On May 11, 1906, a 1000-pud bell named 'Father Alexander' was raised to the bell tower in memory of the founder of the Society. The pillarless church for 4,000 people with a large dome combined elements of Art Nouveau and traditional Russian architecture. Its facades were faced with decorative brick, and the window frames and spire were decorated with sandstone.

The decoration of the church took a long time, but on December 14, 1908, Metropolitan Anthony consecrated the main altar. A week later, the right altar of Saint Nicholas was consecrated, while the left altar, of the righteous Prince Alexander Nevsky, remained unconsecrated. The icons for the main iconostasis were painted by students of the icon-painting school of the Committee for the Care of Russian Icon Painting, while the exterior image 'Resurrection of Christ' was created by artist S. T. Shelkov in 1909. In 1913 and 1914, the exterior finishing was completed, and Professor V. T. Perminov began the interior oil painting.

Among the church's relics, the image of 'The Resurrection of Christ,' donated by Patriarch Damian of Jerusalem, with a particle of the Life-Giving Tomb, stands out. Another image of the Resurrection was painted on a board of Mamre oak and gifted by the Russian Spiritual Mission in Jerusalem. The icon of the Mother of God 'The Inexhaustible Cup' and the icon of St. Seraphim of Sarov were also venerated.

The church had two chapels: one at the entrance from the canal, and the other at the main facade of the Warsaw Station. In 1901, the Society of Faith and Mercy consecrated a granite shrine with the icon of I. A. Korkin 'The Savior Extending His Hand to the Drowning Apostle Peter,' and the following year, an iron case in the shape of a chapel was made above it. In 1904, a shrine with the icon of St. Seraphim of Sarov was arranged at the site of the assassination of Minister Plehve.

In addition to the thousands of abstainer processions, two local ones took place in the summer: on the Assumption, to the railway workshops, and on August 20 to the pipe rolling plant.

In May 2013, a monument to the family of the last Russian emperor was opened near the church. The pedestal features figures of Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna. The monument was erected for the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov.

The house next to the church housed parish and Sunday schools, a library-reading room, a bookstore, and a storage room. Two amateur choirs and missionary courses operated. The rector since the consecration was Archpriest Peter Alexeyevich Mirtov, a well-known church publicist.

On January 23, 1920, an altar for winter services was consecrated in the narthex. In October 1930, the church, which had become Renovationist, was closed. The chapel at the station was demolished in 1925, and a monument to Lenin was erected in its place in 1949.

The Soviet authorities planned to demolish the church in 1930, but one of the commission members noted that there was a House of Culture nearby that could be damaged in an explosion. The church remained in its place.

In the summer of 1989, the church was returned to the believers, and on Easter 1990, the first service was held there. On April 2, 1991, a cross was raised on the dome. A year later, on June 20, 1992, the church held the funeral service for the famous scholar L. N. Gumilev.