When the provinces were established and Vladimir province was divided into districts, the village of Pokrov was transformed into a district town. In ancient times, there was a men's monastery at the site of Pokrov, known as the Antoniev Desert. The time of its founding is unknown, but in the "Lists of Hierarchs and Heads of Monasteries" by Stroeva, the abbots of the Pokrov Monastery in the Argunov volost, Elisei and Theognost, are mentioned.

The first documentary mentions of the Pokrov Monastery appear in the land books of Pereslavl from 1628-1631, which speak of a wooden church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary with an altar of Saint Simeon, built by the parishioners in the Antoniev Desert. In 1679, the monastery was assigned to the patriarchal house and became known as the "domestic Antoniev Desert." At the end of the 17th century, the desert was abolished, and two monks moved to Lake Vyatskoe, where they built a church in the name of the Introduction of the Blessed Virgin Mary, consecrated in 1710. Thus, the Vvedenskaya Desert arose near Pokrov. The monastery church in the Antoniev Desert became a parish church, and the adjacent settlement turned into a village, which was initially called patriarchal, and later Synodal Pokrovskoye village. In 1708, there were 132 households in the parish of the Pokrov Church. By the end of the 18th century, this village became a district town.

Today, Pokrov features an ancient five-domed stone church, the time of its construction is unknown. In 1808, the old refectory was dismantled and replaced with a new, more spacious one with two altars. Between 1851 and 1853, the main Pokrov temple was expanded, and two new altars appeared on the sides of the main altar, where the altars from the refectory church were moved, and the altars there were abolished.

The church has three altars: the main one in honor of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the altars in honor of the Elevation of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord and Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. The church is well supplied with utensils, vestments, holy icons, and liturgical books. The Life-Giving Cross of the Lord and the icon of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, whose origins are unknown, are especially venerated by the parishioners.

Previously, the Pokrov Church was the main parish church, but in 1870, at the request of the residents of Pokrov, the Holy Synod allowed the establishment of a city cathedral, and the Trinity Church became the cathedral church, while the Pokrov Church was attached to the cathedral, where the clergy were also transferred. Services in the Pokrov Church are held only in winter.