The village of Ilyinogorsk was founded in the 1970s near the Ilyino station, simultaneously with the establishment of a large state farm and a feed mill. There was no church in the village, so residents traveled to the ancient Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in the village of Starkovo. On November 19, 2001, before the feast of the Archangel Michael, a group of Orthodox residents appealed to the Nizhny Novgorod Diocesan Administration with a request to establish a parish in the name of Archangel Michael for the construction of a church. In December 2001, a blessing was received, and on December 16, the founding meeting of the parish took place under the leadership of the dean of the Dzerzhinsk district, Archpriest Alexander Loshkarev. The parish charter was approved at the meeting, and management bodies were elected, starting the work on document preparation.

On January 23, 2002, the parish was registered with government authorities. On October 28 of the same year, a priest, Father Vladimir Konstantinov, was sent to the parish to conduct services. The parish did not have its own premises, so prayers were held in the park and at the apartment of a resident of the village, Galina Mikhailovna Lipina.

The church building was constructed but not equipped. The work on electrification, landscaping, gas and water supply, installation of heating and sewage systems, construction of utility rooms and fences fell on the shoulders of the parish. Without the help of the village residents, this would have been impossible. Representatives of the parish collected funds by visiting apartments, and this support was timely. Later, major benefactors joined in, which allowed progress in construction.

Since the construction of the church, special support has been provided by German Yuryevich Magin and Sergey Yuvenalievich Zaglumonin. In early 2007, eight bells for the church were cast at the Moscow company 'Liteks', which were delivered to the village on April 18. On May 1, 2007, Archbishop Georgy visited the church, inspected the territory, and announced that he would consecrate the bells on May 4. Surrounded by priests and parishioners, he did so, and since then, the ringing of the bells announces the beginning and end of services. The bell ringers became students of the Sunday school, who quickly mastered the skills of church ringing.

After the completion of the new church building, Sunday school classes were moved to the sacristy on the second floor, but due to a lack of space, it was decided to equip rooms in the basement. There, a major renovation was carried out, and a classroom and dining room were equipped. Children are taught the basics of the Orthodox faith, the commandments, the feats of saints, and worship. For the holidays, students prepare performances for the parishioners, and pilgrimage trips to holy places are also organized.