On the high right bank of the valley of the Serdezhanka River lies the ancient Russian village of Serdezh, visible from afar. The surrounding area is picturesque and hilly, with birch groves, especially from the sides of the villages Turmints and Nikulyata. It was previously called Sosnovka, likely in honor of the former residence of the first settlers. The origin of the Mari name Serdezh is not precisely established. In the center of the village are the ruins of a large church, which was once the Church of Peter and Paul, the foundation of the village.

The parish in Serdezh was opened by decree of the Holy Synod on July 31, 1792, formed from the villages of the Pishtansky village. The first wooden church was built by a charter dated May 28, 1793, in the name of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, with an altar in honor of Saints Zosima and Savvatiy. The main church was consecrated in 1799, and the altar in 1795. In 1816, permission was granted to build a stone church to replace the dilapidated wooden one. The stone temple with the altar was completed in 1820.

By 1825, the village had 256 households, and the stone church had an altar consecrated in honor of Zosima and Savvatiy. The second church, wooden, was also named Peter and Paul. In 1866, the parish of the village included 431 households, with a population of 7568 people. The first priest was Ioann Filippovich Florentsov, who received gratitude for his diligent service.

According to data from 1859 and 1873, the village of Serdezh had 44 households and 255 people, as well as a rural school. In 1891, Serdezh was the center of the eponymous volost, which included 89 settlements with 9435 inhabitants. By 1908, the Peter and Paul Church had become a five-altar church. In 1910, the village belonged to the third deanery of the Yaran deanery.

During the Soviet era, many Orthodox churches and chapels were destroyed, including the Peter and Paul Church in the village of Serdezh. In the early 1930s, the porch and bell tower were demolished, and the building was repurposed as a machine and tractor workshop, leading to the almost irreversible loss of yet another shrine of the Vyatka land.