However, analyses of Russian documents and Polish studies conducted by a commission dealing with post-Russian architecture in 1919 led Kirył Sokoł[5] and Ryszard Mączewski [pl][6] to reject this identification.

Tsar Nicholas II supported this concept and personally donated 30,000 rubles, which, according to Piotr Paszkiewicz, covered half of the anticipated construction costs.

[8] Initially, the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone was planned for 21 October 1901, on the birthday of Prince Pavel Alexandrovich Romanov, the titular commander of the regiment.

He emphasizes the political dimension of church architecture, which, in addition to fulfilling religious functions, was intended to reinforce the presence of Russian authority in Polish territories.

[9] However, he notes that due to the scarcity of sources, contemporary researchers cannot determine whether all military churches were standalone buildings or chapels within designated barracks rooms.

[10] On 12 June 1911, a bronze bust of Russian General Mikhail Skobelev, who began his military career in the regiment caring for the church, was erected in the square adjacent to the building.

On a 1924 map reflecting the situation seven years earlier, its outline was marked with a Latin cross, possibly indicating its spontaneous adaptation as a Catholic church.