 The church was built in a Byzantine style reminiscent of the church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.The decoration of the half-dome behind the high altar is a copy of the twelfth- or thirteenth-century mosaic in the apse of the Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano in Rome.The ground to begin building the church was broken on March 19, 1917

The church is also affiliated with a school, for which ground was broken on October 18, 1905.