The Byzantine-style church was built in 1909 at the expense of the Russian tsarist government and was intended for the Russian army. The church was built on a plot of land owned by Stanislava Venclauskienė (Yakshevichi) without any legal title, and became the subject of a scandalous court case. Her husband, Kazimieras Venclauskis, a lawyer, brought the case and won. The land had to be returned and the church moved. However, the intervention of the Ministry of War led to an agreement with Venclauskis and the church was left in place. After the Russian army retreated, the church fell under the control of the German occupation authorities and was turned into a warehouse. After the First World War, it was converted into a church by the chaplain of the III Regiment of the Lithuanian Infantry, Fr. In June 1919, under the care of Martynas Jonaicis, the chaplain of the 3rd Regiment of the Lithuanian Army, the church was renovated and handed over to the Lithuanian Army for spiritual purposes. However, the Lithuanian army soon left Šiauliai and the church of St. The church was no longer used by the Lithuanian army and belonged to the Ministry of National Defence. On 6 July 1919, the dean of Šiauliai, Julijonas Jasenskis, consecrated the church and gave it the title of St. The church was dedicated to St. George the Martyr. In 1923, by order of the Bishop of Samogitia, St. George's Church was placed under the authority of the Bishop of Samogitia. In March 1976, the church's roof, ceiling, organ, pews and great tower burned down (the church had two towers, 29 m and 25 m). The church was rebuilt within nine months.
