The Nikita Church was founded no later than the end of the 15th or the beginning of the 16th century. A charter from Grand Duke Vasily Ivanovich dated August 9, 1511, mentions the Nikita settlement, suggesting that the church, which gave its name to this settlement, had existed for a long time. The stone church of the Nikita parish was built in the 1640s thanks to the clerk Afanasy Kholmov. In 1647, its main altar was consecrated in the name of Archangel Michael, and the chapel in the name of the great martyr Nikita. In 1781, it was noted that the church was not painted. In the 1920s, restorers paid attention to the unique iconostasis of the cold church, painted on the smooth altar wall. In 1836, the iconostasis was updated, and later a wooden one was added. The church housed icons of the Mother of God of Chernigov, Ilyinsky, and Tikhvin, as well as an altar cross with the relics of saints. The fate of the icon of the Mother of God of Chernigov is traced until 1935 when it was recognized as a museum value but was later decommissioned. The warm church of the Meeting of the Lord was consecrated in 1670 and painted in 1806 by master Dmitry Ivanov Sarafannikov. By the end of the 19th century, the church had fallen into disrepair and became too small for the parish. The Yaroslavl archaeological commission did not allow the reconstruction of the summer church due to its architectural value, but the renovation of the winter church met no objections. Archpriest Nikolai Krylov and the elder K.A. Belozerov decided to build a new church while preserving the old one. Construction began on June 9, 1900, and by 1902 the church was consecrated. In 1929, the Nikita parish was liquidated, and the church was dismantled. The 17th-century bell tower survived due to its geodetic significance. In 1997, the church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. Restoration work began under Priest Andrei Maltsev and continued under Archpriest Igor Klokov. In 2008, a cross was consecrated on the new dome. Restoration is ongoing, and in 2011, a floor was laid.