The Revda iron and steel plant was founded in 1734 by Akinfiy Nikitich Demidov on land acquired from the Bashkirs. Demidov relocated workers from his other Ural factories and accepted runaways. Old Believers also fled to Revda from the Moscow, Tula, and Nizhny Novgorod provinces.

By 1750, when the Revda parish was established, the plant had become a populous settlement with 165 households, not counting the Old Believers. The parish included the Revda and Mariinsky plants, located 25 versts away, and the villages of Baranova, Pochinok, and Sazhina. In 1900, there were 9,777 Orthodox Christians in the parish, of which 8,047 lived in the Revda plant, and 202 were Old Believers. The residents were engaged in iron smelting and production, ore extraction and transportation to the plants, firewood cutting, coal burning, and its transportation. Many also worked in nail and wagon-making establishments owned by private individuals. Seasonal work was developed, especially among women.

The first church in the Revda plant, a wooden one dedicated to Archangel Michael, was laid in 1750 and consecrated in 1751. It was built with the funds of the parishioners, and in 1750, 16 years after the plant's founding, the Tobolsk diocesan authorities assigned two priests here. One of them was transferred to another parish in 1775 at the request of the parishioners, who had been devastated by Pugachev's gangs. This church existed until 1837, when it was dismantled, and a new church was built from the remaining wood, laid on July 8, 1837, and consecrated on October 5, 1839.

The main church of Revda was built with Demidov's funds and laid on June 28, 1826. It had three altars: the main one in the name of Archangel Michael, the right one in the name of Nicholas, and the left one in the name of Elijah. In 1836, the southern chapel was consecrated, in 1838, the main church, and in 1848, the northern chapel. Instead of an iconostasis, a canopy was arranged on eight gilded columns, and in the chapels, there were single-tier iconostases. Among the church utensils, a cross made of Siberian topaz, purchased by Demidov in 1863 for 700 rubles, stood out.

In 1835, a wooden chapel in honor of the Ascension of the Lord was built on a high hill in Revda. In the village of Pochinki, a chapel in honor of the Apostle Peter was built in 1855 with Demidov's funds, and in the village of Baranova, a chapel in honor of John the Baptist.

During the Soviet era, the church lost its utensils and icons, and by 1932, its crosses, spire, and bells. It became part of the plant, initially serving as a garage, then as workshops and warehouses. In 1964, a decision was made to demolish the church as it was in a state of emergency. Explosive work was carried out on July 22, 1964, and the church was only successfully detonated on the third attempt.

There is an opinion that an order came from Moscow not to destroy the church as an architectural monument, but it is unknown whether it reached the time of the explosion.

On May 17, 2009, a new church complex in honor of Archangel Michael was consecrated in Revda, built by the Middle Ural Copper Smelting Plant. Construction began in September 2001 with the support of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company. In 2007, the bells were cast, and in 2008, the dome and cross were consecrated. In 2009, an iconostasis in the classical style was installed in the church. The church complex consists of several buildings and has become another of the many churches erected in the region.