[1][2] The author of the church project was the Armenian writer Gabriel Sundukian,[3] who was exiled in Derbent in the 1850s.

[7] The building of the church is cross-domed, size 22.5 by 15.7 m. It was built from hewn shell stones, the walls were not plastered.

Narrow northern and southern branches of the cross adjoin the wide space under the dome, and a rectangular apse on the eastern side.

The external volumes of the temple follow a well-developed system: they clearly convey the cross-domed composition of the building.

The entrances to the temple, located on the northern, western and southern facades, are framed by portals of pilasters and semi-columns, turning into arches with keeled ends.