In the mid-17th century, on the territory known as the "wild fields," by the Kamenny Brod river, later named Maloye Urenye, the first houses of settlers from among the service and military people appeared. This marked the beginning of the village of Prislonikha, which was originally called Bogoyavlenskoye. Our ancestors were skilled craftsmen, building barns, mills, bridges, and houses. At that time, the first wooden church in honor of the Epiphany of the Lord was also erected.

In 1722, the landowner A.S. Belavkin built a new church in the center of the village, at the intersection of the Uren river with the Moscow postal road, which served the parishioners until 1878. Built with the funds of the villagers, it was demolished due to its dilapidation and cramped conditions. Archive documents indicate that since 1875, Grigory Gavrilovich Plastov, the grandfather of the famous artist Arkady Alexandrovich Plastov, worked as a psalmist at the Epiphany church. The priest was Father Galaktion Topornin, and the church elder was peasant Korney Stepanovich Gundorov. They actively participated in the construction of the new, third church.

The church was built in the shape of a ship, elongated from east to west, and consisted of an altar, a temple, a refectory, and a bell tower. The log structure made of pine was clad in planks and painted white, while the iron roof was painted green. The domes and bell tower were covered with white tin, and the wrought iron crosses were gilded. The bell tower housed five copper bells, the largest weighing 72 poods, and its ringing could be heard for several versts. Around the church was a wooden fence with stone pillars, large gates, and four wickets. The temple had two altars: the main, cold one, in honor of the Epiphany of the Lord, and in the warm chapel, in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. The interior walls were covered with canvases and painted with oil on biblical themes, and the iconostasis was adorned with carvings and more than thirty icons.

In the spring of 1936, the church was closed and turned into a collective farm warehouse. In 1957, it was decided to demolish the domes, but the temple withstood. The issue was raised again in 1987 when the institute "Spetsproyektrestavratsiya" developed a plan for Prislonikha and a project for the protection of the memorial zone, which included the estate of Arkady Plastov. This zone also included the church, where it was planned to place an exhibition hall. Almost 60 years after the closure of the Epiphany church, the first service was held there.

Ulyanovsk designers managed to recreate the original appearance of the Church of the Epiphany thanks to drawings and paintings by Arkady Plastov, such as "Service on Passion Week," "Hollow Water," and "Summer Holiday in Prislonikha," which depicted the village church.