On the southeast outskirts of Lyubotino, rising above the water's surface, stands a snow-white church with golden domes. The Church of St. Nicholas in the village of Gievka, located on the outskirts of Lyubotino, is part of the estate complex of the princely family of Svyatopolk-Mirsky.

The first wooden church was built here in 1778, when the estate was owned by ensign Shcherbinin. In 1821, the estate passed to the Kharkiv writer Vasily Grigorievich Maslovich, under whom the construction of the stone church was completed. However, in 1833, due to an unreliable foundation, the walls of the church cracked, and Maslovich decided to dismantle and rebuild the church. The construction of the new stone church began in 1838 and was completed in 1841 after the death of Vasily Grigorievich by his wife Nadezhda Dmitrievna Maslovich. The church was consecrated in 1843. In 1881, the estate was acquired by the Kharkiv governor-general Dmitry Ivanovich Svyatopolk-Mirsky, who renovated the church. In 1899, the estate passed to his son Pyotr Dmitrievich Svyatopolk-Mirsky, the leader of the Kharkiv provincial nobility and Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire from 1904 to 1905. Pyotr Dmitrievich personally cared for the welfare of the church, becoming its elder. In 1891, heating was installed in the church, gilding work was carried out, new utensils and church vestments were purchased. During the revolution and civil war, the estate was looted.

In 1922, the Church of St. Nicholas was nationalized, and its bells were sent for scrap metal. In 1928, the church was closed by the head of the village council, after which it was vandalized. The iconostasis was destroyed, icons were obliterated, and the wooden bridge over the Merefa River was dismantled. The priest was deprived of housing and handed over to the NKVD as a former accomplice of Denikin, and was soon executed. In the 1930s, the church was used as a grain storage facility.

During the German occupation, the churches of the Kharkiv diocese were reopened, including the Gievka church. Locals recount that in 1943, during combat operations, the bell tower was used by the Germans as a sniper point, which led to the church being shelled and the bell tower being destroyed. After the war, the surviving part of the church was used as a warehouse and then abandoned, leading to the final destruction of the wall paintings. The remaining fragments of the paintings were destroyed during restoration work in the 1990s.

The fate of the Gievka necropolis is particularly tragic, where Dmitry Ivanovich and Pyotr Dmitrievich Svyatopolk-Mirsky, members of their family, clergy, and parishioners of the church were buried. In 1959, vandals opened the graves, removed the remains, and destroyed the tombstones. Some tombstones were thrown into the Merefa River, while others were smashed. The embalmed body of one of the Svyatopolk-Mirsky was placed inside the church. The actions of the vandals were stopped by the police, but the perpetrators were not punished.

In 2009, on the city day, a ceremony was held near the St. Nicholas Church to open the restored necropolis of the Svyatopolk-Mirsky and their relatives, the Denov brothers, participants of the Russo-Japanese War. The graves near the snow-white church are in proper condition. From 2011 to 2015, restoration work continued in the church, resulting in the building today being crowned with two golden domes.