In 1847, correspondence began between the Bishop of Riga Filaret I and the civil authorities about the construction of an Orthodox church and the appointment of a special clergyman for the order of public charity held in a charitable institution at Alexander's height and working in nearby factories.

Although, at the request of the Riga Diocesan Authority, the city also allocated free of charge a place for the construction of a church near the most pious institution of Alexander's height, and at the same time, on behalf of the Diocesan Authority, a plan and estimate was drawn up for the construction of a wooden church for 300 worshipers, but for lack of funds, the case of the construction of this church remained without movement for more than 20 years, and a pharmacy, a house of a Lutheran pastor and a Lutheran school were built on the once allotted place.

Instead of a built-up place, the Diocesan Administration asked for the allotment of the place where the sealed prayer house was once common for the Orthodox and Lutherans (on the ground of a charitable institution) for church buildings, but the Governor of Livonia refused the request on the grounds that the place where there was a prayer house, as if it was necessary for the construction of other buildings of the institution, and the material of this house is supposedly asked by the Riga Magistrate for "Evangelical-Lutheran decrees."

Having learned at the end of 1887 about the existence of the Alexander Heights and the urgent need for a separate church for it, Arseniy, with his characteristic energy, set to work.

At the request and thanks to the intensified efforts of this Archpastor, the Riga City Duma allocated the necessary soil for the construction of a church and school and parish buildings near the Aleksandrovskaya Vysota (Aleksandrovskaya Vysota) Mulgraben railway station (now the Sarkandaugava station), with payment annually in favor of the city for 1 ruble.