The famous church Myrrhbearers located in Yaroslavl's Court in the city of Novgorod the Great. The church was built in 1510 on the site of the previously burnt down in 1508 a simple wooden church of the same name. Before the wooden church was built here was located a stone church built in 1445 and thus is even more ancient buildings of the time. The builder of the church Myrrhbearers Syrkov was Ivan, who was the founder of a large and well-known names of the Moscow merchants, representatives of which are mentioned in several generations in Moscow and Novgorod chronicles of the 16th century.

Town Church in a statement on its construction is defined as "at Yaroslavl's Court." In addition, it is known that the church was located near the "syrkovoy courtyard," ie, in the house where he lived Ivan himself Syrkov. She was the family church of the famous family syrkovoy, thus becoming the first unique architectural monument, which appeared in Novgorod after was annexed to Moscow. Throughout 1536 it was built chapel of Matthew the Evangelist. Soon, to the main building in 1539 it was built on the warm side chapel of the Presentation of the Lord, which was soon lit up. In the late 16th century warehouses, some of the church was a treasury of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. In 1745 the church Myrrhbearers was handed over to the Yuriev Monastery. At the request of Archimandrite Photius in 1832, which is the abbot of the monastery of St. George, the church together with the farmstead unsubscribe syrkovoy monastery.

The famous church is divided by powerful arches on three floors. The first floor bears the function of the basement and is located just below the ground level. The two lower floors are extensive and convenient storage space. The main volume chetyrehstolpnyh temple is in the form of a cube and is divided by a wall from the western part of the temple. The top floor of the temple was divided into two overlapping special line; top tier had two chapels.

After the last restoration was carried out, the roof covering was made from plowshares, and this feature has become a feature of all the buildings of Novgorod. It was found that all adjacent to the main building extension appeared much later and in a completely different time. Since the advent of the church adjoined to her wooden porch.

Currently, the church is the Regional Children's Cultural Center; it hosts numerous exhibitions, folklore programs, as well as music concerts.