Petrovskoye, also known as Bolshie Petrovskoye, is located on the Peksha River, 22 versts from Yuryev and 85 versts from Vladimir. It is first mentioned in the spiritual charter of Grand Prince Ivan Kalita, drawn up in 1328, where he bequeathed the village to his son Ivan. Until the 17th century, Petrovskoye remained the estate of Moscow princes and tsars.

In the early 17th century, the village was ravaged and burned by Poles and Lithuanians, and the residents who could not escape were killed. After that, Petrovskoye turned into a wasteland. In the mid-17th century, according to the patriarchal books of 1645-1647, the wasteland "village of Great Petrovskoye" was owned by various landowners: Posnikovs, Kurov, Stromilov, and others. In 1666, the wasteland was recorded as belonging to Prince Yakov Cherkassky. In the 18th-19th centuries, Petrovskoye also belonged to landowners. In the early 17th century, there was a church in the village in honor of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, but it was destroyed and burned. The time of construction of the new church is unknown. The current stone three-altar church with a bell tower was built in 1836 thanks to the efforts of landowner Count Levashov and the parishioners.

On the inner wall of the church, there is an inscription made in raised gold letters, which reads: "This temple in the name of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, with chapels in the name of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos and Saint Great Martyr Dmitry, the Wonderworker of Solun, was established through the diligence and donation of Count Vasily Vasilyevich Levashov and the parishioners. Laid in 1830; completed in 1835 and consecrated during the reign of the Most Pious Sovereign Emperor Nicholas Pavlovich with the blessing of the Most Reverend Parfeny, Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal. June 29, 1836." In 1860-1863, the church and bell tower were enclosed by a stone fence with iron grilles at the church's expense.

Copies of the metric books from 1800 and confession lists from 1821 are preserved intact; an inventory of church property compiled in 1882 is also kept in the church. According to the plan of church land, there is: estate land of 1 desyatina 75 square fathoms, haymaking and arable land of 33 desyatinas; a plan for the land and boundary book are available. The clergy consists of: a priest and a psalmist. The annual maintenance of the clergy does not exceed 630 rubles. The clergy have their own houses on church land. The parish includes the village and the villages: Krasnaya Gora, Mikhaly, and Fedorovo, located no more than 5 versts from the church; in total, the parish has 131 households, 441 men, and 511 women. Since 1878, a zemstvo public school has been operating in the village, located in a specially built building.