[3][4] Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass there during his visit to Georgia in October 1999.

[5] The church was built between 1870 and 1877 on the initiative of Konstantine Zubalashvili, an important member of the Catholic community in Georgia.

Above the wooden front door there is a rose window decorated with floral ornaments and a dove.

These were added in the years after 2000, while the original very high and arched door was transformed into a wall, where the rose window was put, and the church painted in yellow.

The facade is divided by pilasters and arches of a more intense yellow (which used to be originally silver-grey) of Corinth that the rest of the structure.