The village of Dobrilovo is located on the Trubezh River, 8 versts from the district town and 120 versts from the provincial capital. Until 1764, it belonged to the Pereslavl Borisoglebsky Monastery, situated on a hill. According to the census books of 1678, there were 12 peasant households and 14 landless households in the village. Around that time, a wooden church was first built here in honor of the Epiphany.

Documents from the Patriarchal Treasury Office in 1702 contain a description of the Dobrilovo church: "The church in the name of the Epiphany of our Lord God Jesus Christ is wooden, with one dome covered with wooden shingles, topped with a cross made of white German iron. The church, altar, table, and porches, as well as the doors, are covered with shingles; a wooden bell tower with four bells is attached to the table."

By 1760, the church had fallen into disrepair, and with the blessing of Bishop Ambrose of Pereslavl, a new church was built in honor of the same holiday. Ninety years later, in 1851, the current stone temple was erected in Dobrilovo in place of the wooden church, with a similar bell tower. The temple has three altars: in the cold altar, in honor of the Epiphany of the Lord, and in the warm chapels, in the name of Archangel Michael and the Holy Apostle Philip.

The church is well supplied with utensils, vestments, holy icons, and liturgical books. All church documents are preserved: copies of the metric books since 1789 and confession lists since 1809. The clergy consists of a priest and a psalmist. Their maintenance is ensured by income: 110 rubles from estate, arable, and haymaking land; 40 rubles from grain collection; 225 rubles from services and needs, totaling 375 rubles per year. Houses for the clergy members were built by the parishioners.