The Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God is the first stone church on the territory of the Gorniy Assumption Monastery. This cold, single-story, five-domed cathedral was built with donations from the great princes and tsars Ivan and Peter Alexeyevich, replacing the previous wooden structure. Initially, it was planned to consecrate the church in honor of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary.

Due to the monastery's poverty, the construction of the cathedral was delayed and affected its size. The construction of the cathedral church took place in 1692 and 1697. The warm chapel of Sergius of Radonezh, located on the northern side, was completed in 1697-1698. The construction involved the apprentice Vasily Karpov, known as Vagan, his son Dmitry, and a group of craftsmen from the village of Korovnichye. The main church was consecrated in 1700, the chapel of Sergius of Radonezh in 1712, and that of Nicholas the Wonderworker in 1714.

As early as 1658, the abbess of the Assumption Gorniy Monastery, Vera, asked the Vologda Archbishop Markell for permission to collect donations for the construction of a stone church in the name of the Life-Giving Trinity with chapels of Sergius of Radonezh and Nicholas the Wonderworker. However, due to a lack of funds, this construction was not realized.

The stone cathedral of the late 17th century inherited the planning composition from an earlier wooden church, details of which have not survived. The Assumption Cathedral included the main church in honor of the Assumption of the Mother of God and two side chapels, in honor of Nicholas the Wonderworker and Sergius of Radonezh. It is possible that the construction did not occur simultaneously. It is known that the cathedral originally had a third side altar in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity.

The architecture of the Assumption Church resembles parish churches more than a monastery cathedral and dates back to the traditions of the 16th century. The low cubic volume is topped with five domes with massive drums decorated with arcatures.

The five-domed main church and the two side domes with gilded crosses made a strong impression on contemporaries, and the cathedral was called “Golden Crosses.” Nearby was the church of Nicholas the Wonderworker, also known as “Golden Crosses.” Archives from the 18th century show that the Nicholas church was originally called “at the Golden Crosses,” meaning next to the monastery cathedral. After the fire of 1761, the vaults and domes of the cathedral were damaged and lost their golden decoration. Subsequently, the name passed to the Nicholas church, which became known as “Nicholas on the Hill,” “Golden Crosses.”

Above the western entrance to the Assumption Church is a two-tiered bell tower in the Russian style, rebuilt in 1880 and topped with a tent.

Today, the Assumption Church of the former Gorniy Assumption Women's Monastery has been restored and is active.