One of the main attractions of the north-eastern outskirts of Sumy, the historical name of Sloboda Luka is the stone church of St. John the Baptist with a belfry. The church is located on the street Ordzhonikidze, 87, and is clearly visible from the settlement Lipno and the banks of the river Psel.

Establishment of Sumy Colonel G. Kondratyev in 1687 maiden Ivanovsky Convent served as a pretext for the construction of the wooden church of the same name in 1691 In 1787 the monastery was abolished and in its place in 1837 built a new stone church with a bell tower. The temple was built at the expense of local nobility - Lintvarevyh family and served as a temple for parafialnogo villagers Baranivka and Luke. In 1907, the temple was added two side altars - the Holy Trinity and St. John.

At present, the Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist - rectangular in plan, devyatidolnaya chetyrehstolpny, rectangular altar with bunk belfry above the western porch and the four-column portico of the Tuscan order on the western facade. On both sides of the portico marked by triangular pediments additional inputs that lead to the corresponding side altar. The temple is made in the style of late classicism provincial. Externally, the church is decorated with quite modest - blades, niches and pilasters, cornices and rust on modillions. Church stone red brick on lime-sand mortar, whitewashed. The roofs of the wooden rafters covered with circles and roofing steel.

Some paintings in the interior of the church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and the iconostasis made in the second half of the 20th century.