In honor of the Solovetsky wonderworkers Zosima and Savvaty, a church was built in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, which is now one of the most interesting monuments of Russian church architecture.
Its construction lasted from 1635 to 1637, and the Pokrovsky Church of the Solovetsky Monastery was used as a model, which is not surprising, since the process was overseen by one of the Solovetsky monks, Alexander Bulatnikov.
The church was part of the stone chambers being built next to it at the same time, which housed the monastery hospital - a place for elderly and infirm monks who were no longer able to carry out their obediences on their own.
The appearance of the church is distinguished by its slender proportions, and its facade is decorated with glazed tiles depicting warriors with cannons and eagles. The church is crowned by an exceptionally tall tented dome with a cupola. The building is surrounded on all sides by porches.
Restoration work was carried out here in the 1930s, when the later 19th-century buildings that cluttered the church were removed. Its final appearance was restored in the 1950s.
Today, the Church of Venerable Zosima and Savvaty serves as a house church for the complex of Cathedral Chambers and the quarters of the Vicar of the Lavra.
