The small Russian village of Taz is first mentioned in 1693, indicating its history of over three hundred years. In the past, it was the center of the volost.

On June 25, 1810, Bishop Justin of Perm issued a blessing for the construction of a stone church, providing the plan and facade of the church. Construction began that same year and was completed in 1825. The main altar was consecrated in honor of St. John the Baptist, and the side altar, in honor of St. Nicholas. On September 13, 1825, the Nicholas side altar was consecrated by the Most Reverend Dionysius, and on June 23, 1840, the main altar was consecrated by the Most Reverend Arkady.

In 1840, bell towers weighing 122 pud and 1 pound were installed, purchased with church funds and donations. In 1844, an iconostasis appeared in the arch of the side altar.

In 1849, the widow Darya Bulatova from the village of Baikino donated 200 rubles for the purchase of a silver-gilded vessel.

In 1851, the construction of a stone fence began, completed in 1854.

In 1865, the church updated the ceiling and laid a stone floor made of bath stone. A warm room was created under the bell tower, connected to the church by an arch. In 1882, the dilapidated fence was restored.

In 1889, the construction of a new iconostasis began, along with the painting of icons and wall paintings in the main church, completed in 1891.

The Church of John the Baptist housed two ancient icons: the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God and the Life-Giving Trinity. The Tikhvin Icon belonged to the Protopopov family. In 1735, the Kungur protopope John Antoniev bequeathed to his children to pray before this icon and place it in the new church in Taz. The icon stood in the stone church to the left of the royal gates in a silver-plated setting, depicting the miracles of the Mother of God. The Life-Giving Trinity icon was also considered ancient and survived a fire in the first wooden church.

The parish of the Taz church had three ancient crosses. One stood on the road to the village for processions and in memory of the foundation of the parish. Every year on June 24, a procession would pass by it. The second cross was erected in the village of Shestakova in memory of a plague, supposedly in 1700. The third cross was located in the village of Yarino, where parishioners held a celebration in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

In 1893, a chapel-school was built in the village of Chechenina, belonging to the Taz church parish, divided by screens for classes. The chapel-school had bells.

From 1735 to 1780, there was one staff of clergy at the Church of John the Baptist, from 1780 to 1805, two staffs, from 1805 to 1846, three staffs, and from 1846 until the end of the 19th century, two staffs. The first priest was Fyodor Protopopov, son of the Kungur protopope John Antoniev. After his death, the second priest became Mitrofan, under whom a wooden church was built. It took two years to build and was consecrated on November 30, 1893. There was no permanent priest at it; services were conducted by the Asov priest. On other days, the church clerk-teacher of the local school led the services. After Lukanin, the third priest became John Protopopov, the great-grandson of Peter Protopopov. In 1807, he was enrolled in the staff, and his place was taken by his son Alexander Protopopov, who served as a deacon and a clerk. In 1830, when the Asov parish separated from the Taz church, Alexander Protopopov was transferred to the Holy Trinity Asov Church. In the following years, Timothy Gavrilov, Mikhail Nikolsky, Lev Kuznetsov, and others served here.

The church had four houses for the clergy and church estate land. In addition to the village of Taz, the parish included 28 villages with a population of 6,352 people. The parish included villages from the Zaboryinsky region and the neighboring Kisheretsky district.

In 1862, a church-parish school opened in the village of Taz, where local clergymen taught free of charge. There were also three literacy schools in the villages of Chechenina, Shestakova, and Zharavnaya. The school in Shestakova was opened in 1894 by priest Nikolai Belozerov. In 1893, in Chechenina, priest Peter Ponomarev arranged a chapel and school, as well as a house for the teacher and dormitories for the students.