The famous church of Myrrh-Bearers considered remarkable architectural monument of the Great Ustyug, which will forever remain in the memory of the people who saw it. Small domes and white walls give the church a unique view skoromnogo grace, though low-key, but especially exquisite. Inside the church is the Museum of the outstanding New Year's and Christmas toys, because it is the city of Veliky Ustyug is a patrimony of Santa Claus.

Church history Myrrhbearers developed very interesting .  The base of it was laid in the 16th century, it was then in 1566 founded the so-called "old" wooden church, located at the future site of the stone church .  His church acquired a modern look, when it was built the present stone church, namely in the first half of the 18th century .  Before we came, and the name of a benefactor, which has allocated funds for the construction of the temple - it was a local merchant Khudyakov Peter Rodionovich - even a wooden church parishioner, who decided to stay in this way in the memory of their children, and God for his good and generous deal .  Start of construction of the temple was laid in 1710, as the story inscription on the western wall of the temple .  July 12, 1724 a famous event - the consecration of the temple .  Particularly striking local parishioners iconostasis, which looked particularly rich .  In addition to traditional images of the Mother of God and Savior of the iconostasis has been submitted images and icons of saints Pechora 46 .  In addition, the refectory iconostasis depicted images of the Almighty with John the Baptist, as well as the image of St. Nicholas and the face of the Holy Martyr Harlampy .

Historians have carried out research and found out that the church was particularly rich. It was found list, which presented a list of service utensils, among which means a lot of silver and gold items, as well as the relics of the saints, especially tsenivshihsya in matters relating to the status of a particular church. Among them are the pectoral cross with relics of twelve saints Archdeacon Stephen, St. Andrew, Basil the Great, martyr Panteleimon, Theodore the martyr Lucian, the martyr Mercury and others.

The architecture of the temple Myrrhbearers distinctive. Temple building consists of two floors. "Basement" - the first floor, which is decorated in a modest traditional style, without any decorations and frills, because its purpose is only in terms of domestic economy. The top second floor is decorated with very rich. Important feature of the architecture of Great Ustyug is a decorative finish temple Myrrhbearers embodied in the Baroque style. It is this feature of the temple is a significant difference from the others, even the older, stricter churches.

If we carefully look into the church building, then each time can be more and more to find the characteristics and nuances. In all the beauty of the church building is clearly visible incredible desire Ustiug painters and artists to create something that could be one of the finest examples of the period. As already mentioned, the Baroque style at the time enjoyed great popularity, which is why the master decided to apply it to the temple of it. It can be a long time and marvel at the beauty of pretentiousness connection styles, mainly manifested in the porch of the temple. It has four pillars with refined arches, which are connected with Baroque details. Not only the steps but also the extension decorated with tiles. It can be seen that the influence of the Baroque style can be seen even in the window frames.

The work of the temple lasted until February 1930. Closing of the temple took place due to the global struggle against religion - this fate befell many "churches-brothers." In today's time are not made in the temple of worship, but the church Myrrhbearers not considered closed. The temple houses the Museum of the room is great for Christmas and Christmas toys, which began its work in 1998. The museum has focused unprecedented variety of Christmas tree decorations, stunning in its beauty and brightness.