The church, located in the small settlement of Loza near Sergiev Posad, can from afar be mistaken for a school or any other secular institution, if not for the tented tower crowning it with a cupola and a cross. In general, the architectural style of the structure is quite simple: it is a two-story building with one central entrance, decorated with a pediment and another cupola.
The construction of the church based on the design of architect I.I. Pozdeev was completed in 1901. The consecration in the name of Mary Magdalene took place in the same year, on November 14 — precisely on the name day of Empress Maria Fyodorovna.
At the time of construction, there was not yet a settlement on this site, and the area was called "Tsar-grad," in memory of the fact that 600 desyatinas of this land had been donated to the Alexandro-Mariinsky House of Charity by Emperor Alexander III. The church itself functioned as the summer residence of the House of Charity, where orphans and other destitute people lived.
During the Soviet period, various institutions were located on the church grounds: a pigeon station, a tuberculosis sanatorium, during the war — a hospital, and afterward — a bearing manufacturing enterprise.
In 1993, the half-ruined Church of St. Mary Magdalene was transferred to the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra. Now, after restoration work, they once again take in orphaned children here and hold daily services.
