Typical church operates since 1906. The appearance of the temples in honor of St. Macarius the Donbas associated with the name of a mining engineer Peter Nikolaevich Gorlov, who adored prep. Macarius the Great, who was considered the patron saint of miners. On his initiative in the village of Korsun mine (Gorlivka) in 1881 was open houses Holy Makarii shteygerskom church at school, and 20 years later in Scherbinovke (formerly called Dzerzhinsk) for the needs of the miners was built great Holy Makarii hram.V "Reference Book Ekaterinoslavskaya Diocese "for 1913 mentioned that the church in which he was the largest in the county, the number of parishioners reached two thousand people at the temple were three schools. In 1930 the church was closed. Dome was removed, destroyed tower, demolished porch. Final destruction of the old church prevented her parishioners become between a bulldozer and a temple. Then the room of the temple, it was decided to give medical school. During the Great Patriotic War, the Germans made ​​of the temple stables. In 1959, after repeated requests from residents Dzerzhinsk temple was returned to believers and it resumed service. For many years, the Holy Church was the only Makarii in Dzerzhinsk. Start reconstruction parishioners could only ten years later. Then was renovated church building was renovated parsonage, built baptistery. For a long time building covered now standard roof, was not allowed to put up a cross, and the neighborhood was built up high-rise buildings so that the temple itself was not visible. Only in the 2000s, the temple was decorated with a golden dome again. Today in Dzerzhinsk Holy Makarii temple remains the largest in the city. At Holy Makarii church are two Sunday schools - for children and adults.