The village of Kochnevskoye is located on a small and shallow river called Belaya, 12 versts from the railway station "Bazhenovo" and 60 versts from Yekaterinburg. The area around the village is low-lying, sometimes marshy and steppe-like, with small birch groves. The soil here is black earth, and manure and peat are used on many fields, making it clayey.

In 1822, a separate parish was established in the village of Konevskoye with the permission of the Holy Synod, at the request of the residents of the villages that originally made it up. In 1852, the villages of Kromtsova and Bannikova formed a separate Kromtsov parish, while the village of Kunshikova joined the new Kostousov parish. Currently, the Kochnev parish includes three villages in addition to the village itself.

The name of the village Kochnevskoye is explained by local legend in two ways: either due to the knolls in the area or after the surname of the first settlers, the Kochnevs.

Today, the parish population consists of Orthodox Christians who have moved from various places in the Yekaterinburg district. They mainly engage in agriculture, except for a small number of people who leave for work in cities and factories.

The first church in the village was made of stone, built with the funds and efforts of the residents of the seven villages that originally made up the parish. The church had two altars, with the main altar dedicated to the prophet John the Baptist and the side altar in honor of St. Cyril of Belozersk. The church was laid in 1825 under the blessed decree of Bishop Justin. The main church was consecrated in 1824, while the side altar was consecrated much earlier, although the exact date is unknown.

Local peasants Kosma Petrov Kolyasnikov and Gavriil Stepanov Vaulin actively participated in the construction and improvement of the church, taking turns as builders and church wardens. In 1851, a stone fence with iron grilles was erected at the expense of the parishioners. In 1865, the old dome on the bell tower was replaced with a new one covered with white iron, donated by Yakov Nikitin Vaulin. Two new gilded crosses were installed on the bell tower and the main church at the expense of the parishioners.

In 1873, with the permission of Bishop Vassian and at the request of the parishioners, two stone side altars were laid: the southern one in honor of the prophet Elijah and the northern one in honor of the great martyr Artemius. The first was consecrated in 1875, and the second in 1878. The reasons for the construction of these side altars and the fate of the altar of Cyril of Belozersk are not explained in the church chronicles. It is possible that the church became cramped due to the increasing number of parishioners, and it was expanded, while the Cyril altar was replaced by one of the new ones.

In 1878, at the expense of the parishioners, two marble staircases without railings were built on the western and southern sides of the church. In 1869, lightning damaged the iconostasis in the main church, and it remained in that condition until 1885. In that year, Bishop Nafanail visited the church and proposed to replace the damaged iconostasis and decorate the church with paintings. In 1887, a church-parish charity was opened to raise funds for repairs, which were completed in 1888 for 3600 rubles. Since then, the church has not changed. The church houses a valuable altar Gospel, purchased with funds collected by Nikifor Korniliev Kochnev.

The icon of the Iberian Mother of God, acquired from Mount Athos about 20 years ago by Nikifor Kochnev, is particularly venerated. The icon is placed in a kiot in the passage from the warm side altars to the cold church. Every Sunday, a prayer service is held before it. In the village of Kuzinaya, there was a chapel, but neither the village nor the chapel exists now.