The old church in Kuvakusha, presumably consecrated in 1912 in honor of John the Baptist, was once a center of attraction for residents of nearby villages. At that time, the central estate of Kuvakusha was quite large, and several villages were adjacent to it. People came to the church even from afar, as the nearest Old Believer church was more than 100 kilometers away in Omutninsk. It is hard to imagine the festive crowds rushing to the church now, as many villages have emptied and the residents have dispersed. The former church was beautiful and rich, thanks to generous donations from prosperous villagers. The altar was fully funded by a childless local resident, and there were two bells in the church. The community elder, Fenya Andriyanovna, recalls how the sound of the bells could be heard even in Savintsy, located 25 kilometers from Kuvakusha.

In the 1950s, the bells were thrown from the bell tower, rolling down the hill to the forest. In the 1930s, the priest was arrested. One day, after a service conducted by a visiting priest, everyone present was arrested, and nothing more was heard of them.

The church, standing on a hill and being the tallest building in the village, proved difficult to dismantle the crosses. No locals agreed to do it, so one of the arrested was asked to do it in exchange for dropping the charges. He did not agree immediately, but he had no choice.

The church was first turned into a shop, then a warehouse. Over time, rats infested the place, and icons were used to plug holes in the floor. The remaining icons were secretly taken out at night, and Uncle Semyon, risking his life, transported them to Omutninsk in a collective farm truck.

The old wooden church, built by Old Believers, was closed in the 1930s and gradually fell into ruin. When the residents of Kuvakusha decided to build a new church, they wanted to create a copy of the old one, but for many reasons, this did not succeed. The new church turned out to be smaller and lower, but bright. The initiator of the construction was the chairman of the collective farm, F.I. Konykov. The construction was carried out by the community, with money collected through lists, with contributions from everyone who could, in the school and in all three farms into which the collective farm was divided, as well as in institutions. Pensioners donated hundreds from their modest means. Y.N. Shubarin, the head of the local LLC 'Borinskoye', provided bricks for the foundation. The farms 'Udarniк' and 'Zarnitsa' cut timber, though not completely. The Omutninsk Old Believer church helped with the purchase of galvanized iron for the domes and church utensils. In the summer of 2006, the church was built.

On August 6, Metropolitan Korniliy, the head of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church, consecrated the new church in the name of John the Baptist. This became a celebration for Kuvakusha. People gathered from all over the district. Women and girls came in spacious sarafans and headscarves tied under their chins, while men wore kaftans with belts and tassels, many with beards, as if from another time. Mostly, these were Old Believers from Omutninsk, singers, and parishioners. Priests arrived not only from Moscow but also from Kazan, Veliky Novgorod, and Arzamas in the Nizhny Novgorod region. In the evening, at the meal in the school cafeteria, guests and hosts spoke of how the years of persecution had passed, and a blessed time for good deeds had come.

Special gratitude from Metropolitan Korniliy for diligence in the construction of the church was received by the elder of the Kuvakusha community, Feodosia Beleva, and the chief builder, Fedor Konykov.