In contrast with the secular performance, where the aim is to delight the listener, the primary purpose in church is to unite all participants of the service in a single entity. The goal of the church choir is to help people concentrate on the prayer, abandon mundane affairs and vanities of the world for a while. Choral pieces performed during the service should not distract, but rather aid the person in becoming its fully-fledged participant.

The choir was formed in 2002 at the Moscow Church of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God 'in Putinki', which was destroyed during the Soviet times, but now rebuilt from ruins and open to the public. The choir is made up of eight members, some of whom are professional musicians: singers, choir conductors, violinists, as well as of amateur singers. All of them share common faith and the will to participate in the service with their soul, heart and voice.

In thy Dormition thou didst not forsake the World, (O Theotokos)