Kazan Church is one of the temples of Astrakhan and Inpatiently diocese.

In the early seventeenth century after the liberation from Astrakhan gang ataman Zarutsky about the East gate of the Astrakhan Kremlin was built a stone Church, which was consecrated in 1615. The tower above the Church was named "our lady" in honor of "most Holy Theotokos of Kazan". Almost 100 years later, in 1709, the Church was abolished, and the icon of the Kazan Mother of God" is brought into the Cathedral of the assumption. New Kazan Church was erected over the river Kutum Sloboda in Kazan, where he was stationed with 1707 Kazan soldier regiment. All soldiers were assigned at that time to the Smolensk Church, but she was on the other side of the river and this, especially in the flood, created great difficulties for believers and clergy. Therefore, at the beginning of 1753, began collecting donations for the construction of a new Church. In 1769, the construction of the temple was completed, and in 1782 completed the stone tower. After healing from the plague that swept the Volga region, was attached to the Church and two chapels in the name of St. Charalambos and Saints John Chrysostom, Gregory the theologian and Basil the Great.

As a result of a strong fire of 1858 almost burned the whole village and the Marina, there left only the stone walls, but thanks to the generous donations of the laity the Church was restored in the same year. In the future, the Kazan Church was completed, but she still could not accommodate everyone, especially in the days of holiday services. In late 1903 with funds transferred to construction Committee multiple Astrakhan merchants, construction work began on the erection of a new Church next to the existing. The service also continued in it until the day construction is complete, and only after that the old Church was demolished.

The new Church was consecrated in the fall of 1907 and immediately took a special place among the Astrakhan temples primarily a refinement of the architecture and elegance of design. In 1923, the Kazan Church captured the "Renovationists". But in 1930 the Church was confiscated from the faithful, a little later the bell tower was demolished and four side domes. Disfigured and plundered the temple had been a warehouse, and then was abandoned.

Only Kazan in 1991 the Church was returned to believers. Began a long and painstaking process of restoration. In recent times, the Church not only acquired proper form, but also enriched the Shrine – the icon of the Kazan Mother of God, written on Mount Athos.