The church in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh, one of the oldest in the Vyksunsky district, was built and consecrated in 1894 according to a design by an unknown architect. It was constructed from logs using the "in lap with a root tenon" technique and had one altar dedicated to St. Sergius of Radonezh. During the Soviet period, services in the church ceased.

In 1991, the first attempts to restore the Upper Veraya church began, but due to a lack of funding, work started significantly later. In 2002, a monument to Andrian Lizunov, the founder of the church, was erected near the abandoned church; he was buried on its grounds in 1924.

On December 23, 2004, the church building was transferred to the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese by the order of the Nizhny Novgorod regional government. By the summer of 2010, restoration work was nearly completed, and the church was preparing for its first services. However, due to severe fires, the church and the entire village burned down, leaving only part of the brick foundation. Restoration of the church began in September 2010 and was completed in a short time thanks to the support of the regional government.

In 2011, Archbishop Georgy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas blessed the creation and state registration of a religious organization in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

On October 10, 2011, the dean of the Vyksunsky district, Priest Igor Pokrovsky, consecrated the crosses and domes for the restoring church. On November 3, 2011, the church in honor of Sergius of Radonezh was opened.