The famous Church of the myrrh-Bearing women would be remarkable monument of architecture of Veliky Ustyug, which forever remains in the memory of seeing his men. Small domes and white walls give the Church a unique view of small grace, though inconspicuous, but especially exquisite. Inside the prominent temple is the Museum of new year and Christmas toys, after all, the city of Veliky Ustyug is the birthplace of Santa Claus.

History of the Church of the myrrh-Bearing women has developed very interesting. Its Foundation was laid in the 16th century, it was then in 1566 was founded the so-called "summer" wooden Church, located on the future site of a stone Church. Its modern appearance the Church received, when was built the present stone Church, namely in the first half of the 18th century. We got it the name of a benefactor who provided funds for the construction of the temple became a local merchant Khudyakov Peter Rodionovich – parishioner wooden Church, decided in this way to remain in the memory of his descendants and God for their kind and generous thing. The construction of the temple was laid in 1710, what tells the inscription on the Western wall of the temple. July 12, 1724 was a remarkable event – the consecration. Particularly impressed by the local parishioners iconostasis, which looked especially rich. In addition to traditional images of the Mother of God and Savior, in the iconostasis were represented by images and icons 46 Pechora saints. In addition, the refectory iconostasis depicts images of the Almighty with John the Baptist, and the image of Nicholas the Wonderworker and the face of the Holy Martyr Charalambos.

Historians conducted a study and found that the temple was especially rich. Found the list, which was provided with a list of liturgical utensils, among which were listed a lot of silver and gold objects, as well as Holy relics, especially appreciated in matters relating to the status of a Church. These included a pectoral cross with relics of the twelve Holy archdeacon Stephen, Andrew, Basil the Great, Martyr Panteleimon, Theodore, Martyr Lucian, the Martyr of mercury and other.

The architecture of the Church of the myrrh-Bearing women kind. Temple building consists of two floors. "The ground floor is the first floor, which is decorated in a modest way, without any ornamentation and frills, because its purpose is only in terms of household economy. Upper second floor is decorated very richly. An important feature of the architecture of Veliky Ustyug is the decoration of the Church of the myrrh-Bearing women, as embodied in the Baroque style. This characteristic is significant difference of the temple from the other, even more ancient, austere churches.

If to look attentively at the Church building, every time you more and more to find the characteristics and nuances. In the beauty of the Church building is clearly seen incredible desire Ustyug painters and craftsmen to create something that could be one of the best examples of that time. As already mentioned, the Baroque was particularly popular, which is why the master decided to apply to the temple. Can a long time to marvel at the pretentiousness and the beauty of connection styles, mainly manifested in the porch of the temple. It has four pillars with delicate arches, which are connected with Baroque details. Not only the porch, and outbuilding decorated with tiles. You will notice that the influence of the Baroque style seen in the window frames.

The work of the Church continued until February 1930. The closure of the Church took place due to the global fight against religion – this fate befell many "churches-brethren". In today's time in the temple worship is held, however, the Church of the myrrh-Bearing women is not considered closed. In the temple room is a Museum of new year and Christmas toys, which began its work in 1998. The Museum concentrated an unprecedented variety of Christmas decorations, stunning in its beauty and brightness.