The church was originally notable for its iconostasis of rococo-style carved lime wood, acquired for 1,000 rubles from craftsman A.I.

Kuklin of the town of Torzhok, Tver' guberniya; the iconostasis disappeared during the Soviet period.

[5] At the time, the church was located outside the city limit, in the village of Koshi, which was annexed by Ashgabat in 2013.

It was designed to accommodate 350 worshipers and constructed of fired brick by order of General Aleksey Kuropatkin at a total cost of 14,740 rubles.

It was returned to the church in 1989 but required extensive renovations, including reopening two bricked-in doorways, replacement of the roof, replastering and repainting of icons on the interior, reconstruction of the bell tower and domes, and replacement of the iconostasis, which had disappeared.