The village of Ivanovskoye is located on the banks of the Nilka River, 12 versts from the district town and 120 from the provincial capital. In 1568, it was transferred to the Pereslavl Fedorovsky Monastery under the abbacy of Chariton. This grant was confirmed by Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich in 1623, Fyodor Alexeyevich in 1677, and Peter I in 1691. Ivanovskoye remained under the monastery's ownership until the confiscation of monastic lands.

The church of St. George the Great Martyr existed in the village as early as the beginning of the 17th century, as recorded in the census books of 1628. The same church is mentioned in the census books of 1677, where priest Grigory and a deacon served, and there was also one peasant household on church land. In 1715, a new wooden church was built on the site of the old wooden church, consecrated by Archimandrite Varlaam of the Danilov Monastery.

In 1791, the construction of a stone temple began on the site of the wooden church. The main church was consecrated in 1794, and the side chapel in 1802. In 1888, the temple was expanded: an additional side chapel was added on the southern side. Thus, the temple now has three altars: in the cold part, in the name of St. George the Great Martyr, and in the warm chapels, in the name of the Renewal of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem, consecrated in 1888, and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, consecrated in 1794.