In the village of Semibratovo, in the area of Makarovo, there is a stone five-domed church built in 1818 by Prince Alexei Borisovich Kurakin. It is connected to the bell tower and has three altars: the Cathedral of John the Baptist, the Holy Prophet Elijah, and Saint Metropolitan Alexius of Moscow. Until 1823, there was a wooden church here, which was dismantled due to its dilapidated state.

Only a copy of the church foundation decree from 1772 has survived, which indicates that the current village was previously the village of Semibraty. Due to its dilapidation, the church there was destroyed, and Semibraty was annexed to the parish of the village of Gvozdeva.

In 1771, a plague was brought to Semibraty by travelers from Moscow, and only those who left the village and settled in the fields survived. The remaining survivors promised to build a church and received permission for this. They purchased a wooden church of Saint John the Merciful in Rostov, consecrated in 1773, which stood until 1823.

The church is associated with 36 desyatinas of land, and the parish consists of the village of Makarovo, also known as Semibraty.

Semibraty is mentioned in chronicles of the 14th and 15th centuries. In this village, on the border between the principalities of Gvozdev and Priimkov, lived the "seven brothers of the Sbrodich family," the sons of Prince Vasily Kosoy-Tretyak Andreev, known for his wild character during the era of princely feuds. Their adventures inspired the tale "of the seven Semions, the blood brothers." In the area of Semibraty, Prince Vasily Vasilyevich the Dark was defeated by his uncle, Prince Yuri Dmitrievich. Around 1460-1470, the village was owned by Prince F. D. Gvozd.