Precise dating of the church is based on the inscription found on the northern wall of the eastern aisle.

The text is as follows:+ Ἐνεκεν[ίσ]θ(η), ἐνεώσ[θ(η)] ὁ να[ὸς] τ(ῆς)ὑπεραγίας θ(εοτόκ)ου ἐπὴ βασηλ[είαςΝηκηφώρου, Βασηλ[είου] καὶ [Κωνσταντίνουκὲ Δα(υὶ)δ ἐξουσηωκράτορ(ος) [Ἀλανίαςκ(αὶ) Μαρίας ἐξουσ[η]ωκράτ[ορίσσηςμ]ην(ὴ) Ἀπρη(λίου) β´, ἡμέρᾳ ἁγ[ή]ου Α[ντιπάσχα (?

)δηὰ χηρὸς Θεοδώρου, μητ[ροπο-λ(ίτου) καθηγη(ασμένου) Ἀλανί(ας), ἀπ[ὸ] κ[τί-σε(ως) κό(σμου) ἔτ(ους) ςυογ´.

Ἀν[ε-γράφε[το] δηὰ χειρὸς [τοῦ δεῖνοςἀποκρησ(ιαρίου) πατρ(ικίου).

Which means:+Sanctified, renewed the churchof the Blessed Virgin is in the reign ofNikephoro, Basil and Constantineand David, exusiocrator (a special title for ruler of Alania, byzantine exarch) of Alaniaand Maria, exusiocratorisson 2 April, in the day of the saint Antipascha,by the hand of Theodorе, sanctified mitropolite of Alaniain the year 6473 [964/965 in the modern Gregorian calendar] from the creation of the world.Written by the hand of [name],apocrisiarius patriciusLike the Shoana Church and the Arkhyz Cathedral, Senty Church is believed to have been constructed in connection with missionary activities of Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos in the 10th century.