St Catherine the Martyr's Church at Vspolye on Bolshaya Ordynka was probably commissioned by Catherine the Great after her ascension to the throne in 1762. It was built between 1766 and 1775 according to a project by architect Karl Blank. This new baroque-style church was attached to a pre-existing church via a bell tower. In 1931 the churches were closed and the bell tower and the old church were demolished. In 1992 St Catherine the Martyr's Church was reopened and in 1994 it became a podvorye (embassy-church) of the Orthodox Church in America.