At the end of the 17th century, two versts from the present-day village of Grigorovo-Neelovo, on the Griazevka River, there was an abandoned cemetery, the reasons and time of its desolation are unknown. In 1694, a priest from the village of Timofeievskoe, the estate of Kirill Alexeyevich Naryshkin, Anania Isaev, built a church in honor of the holy prophet Elijah at this site. He acquired icons, books, and all church utensils at his own expense. The church had six peasant households, 13 quarters of arable land, 20 stacks of hay, and a tribute was established at 17 altyns and a hryvnia for entry. No priest was appointed to the church, and Anania Isaev himself hired priests for specific terms or conducted services himself.

In 1732, by decree of Elizabeth Petrovna, the peasants of the villages of Grigorovo and Neelovo, previously belonging to the parish of the Nikolskaya church of the Stogovo pogost, were assigned to the Ilyinskaya church due to distance and land disputes. In these villages, according to the 1703 census, there were 41 households, and due to the increase in the parish, the tribute from the Ilyinskaya church increased to 1 ruble, 18 altyns, and 3 dengi.

Thus, the Grigorovo-Neelovo parish was formed. In 1735, the old church became dilapidated, and the parishioners built a new one, purchased from the village of Khrebtovo in the Pereelavsky district, consecrating it also in honor of the holy prophet Elijah.

In 1771, this church was moved to a new location. In a decree from Bishop Gennady, Bishop of Pereslavl and Dmitrov, it was blessed to relocate the church due to its remoteness from residential houses and bandit attacks. It was built between the villages of Neelovo and Grigorovo, leading to the formation of the village of Grigorovo-Neelovo.

In 1808, the construction of a stone temple began to replace the wooden one, completed in 1815. This temple still exists today. It has two altars: a cold one in honor of the holy prophet Elijah and a warm one in honor of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God.