The village of Ovchukhi is located 18 versts from Vladimir and is one of the oldest settlements in the Vladimir region. It is mentioned in the charter of Grand Duke Vasily Ivanovich from 1515 among the villages transferred to the clergy of the Vladimir Dmitrievsky Cathedral. Later, the village was granted to the Great Assumption Cathedral in Moscow and remained under its ownership until the abolition of monastic and church estates.

The name Ovchukhi is mentioned in the first charter as a village, which suggests that a church already existed here. However, in the first half of the 17th century, there was no church in Ovchukhi, and the land was listed as "empty." This could have been related to the Lithuanian devastation, when not only churches but entire villages disappeared.

In 1650, a wooden church was built in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, but its fate is unknown. The village now has a stone church: the refectory part was built in 1848, and the main part in 1861. The stone bell tower was erected with the funds of the parishioners in 1873. The church has three altars: the main one in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the refectory on the right side, in honor of the Moscow saints Peter, Alexius, and Jonah, and on the left, in honor of the Archangel Michael. Above the main altar, there is a canopy supported by four pillars.

From the previous church, an icon of the three Moscow saints and a Gospel covered in crimson velvet and silver, printed in 1663 and gifted by the Moscow Assumption Cathedral, have been preserved. The church documents are in order: copies of the metric books since 1804 and confession lists since 1824.

The church land includes 1 tithe of estate land, 3 tithes of haymaking land, and 30 tithes of arable land, which is listed in the general plan with the peasants. According to the clergy's staff, there is a priest and a psalmist. The clergy receives support from the sacramental services, bread collection, and land, totaling up to 470 rubles a year, and lives in their own houses on church land.

The parish consists of the village of Ovchukhi, where the clerical records list 424 men and 441 women. Since 1885, a church-parish school has been operating in the priest's house, where a fee of 1 to 2 rubles per winter is charged for tuition.