The Cathedral was built in 1679 on the site of a tented-roof church in Izmaylovo, an old estate of the Romanovs. Its construction started in 1671 by order of Tsar Aleksey the Meek, the farther of Peter the Great, and it was completed by Tsar Fyodor, Aleksey's son. Consecrated by Patriarch Joachim.
The Cathedral was build by the famous 17th century architect Ivan Kuznechik; its icons and walls were painted by the 40 best icon painters of the Kremlin Armoury, Yaroslavl, Kostroma and the Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius, led by Sila Savin and Anika Anikeyev. What are especially noticeable about the Cathedral's appearance are the huge domes and the unique ceramic tile decor made by Stepan Polubes.
According to a legend, during feasts church services were performed here by St. Demetrius of Rostov. In his day, the young Peter the Great read on the Cathedral's kliros. On the Cathedral's right pillar, there is an old copy of the wonder-working Jerusalem Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God, which by God's will has survived to our days.
In 1812, during Napoleon's invasion, the Cathedral was devastated by the French troops.
In 1849, Emperor Nicholas I donated the family estate to be used for an almshouse for crippled soldiers. The almshouse's blocks were added to the Cathedral's building. The Cathedral became a closed hospital church connected with straight passages with the rooms for the crippled.
After the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Cathedral was shut down and looted.
In 1997, it was handed back to the Russian Orthodox Church.
The village of Upolozye was mentioned in a landholding delimitation registry of 1537 that determined borders of local lands. It was named after its owner and ruler, a Moscow nobleman Aleksey Upolotsky.
In 1584, a wooden Church of St. Michael the Archangel had been already built in the village of Arkhangelskoye-Upolozye situated on the high river...
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