[3][4] The church, dated to the second half of the 9th century, is a large domed cross-in-square design, with three projecting apses.

Only the ruins of walls covered with blocks of hewn stone survive.

They are located in the upper portion of the ruined fortress; the lower part was once crossed by an old road.

[3] The church may have served as the seat of the Byzantine bishop of Soterioupolis.

[4] Georgia has inscribed the church on the list of Cultural Monuments of National Significance and reported an inadequate state of conservation.