The history of the village, spanning several hundred years, is full of events. During this time, the village changed its name several times, experienced fires, and was rebuilt. Until 1565, the site of the modern village of Sereda was the village of Fyodorovskoye, owned by the Yaroslavl princes Troekurov. It was located on both sides of the Kasti River, dividing the prince's lands into southern and northern parts. In 1565, the southern lands of Fyodorovskoye were transferred to the Yaroslavl Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery by royal decree. The monastery established a manor with a wooden church on these lands, where the village of Sereda later emerged. In 1609, a Polish-Lithuanian detachment led by Lisovsky burned the manor and the church of St. Fyodor Stratilat, but they were restored in 1613. The first service after liberation from intervention marked the beginning of the holiday 'Kroshikha,' celebrated on Wednesday, the third day after Trinity. After restoration, the village was renamed 'Fyodorovskoye Novoye.'

In the center of the village, on the Trading Square, stands the stone church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, built in 1797 to replace the old wooden one. It has chapels in honor of St. Nicholas and St. Fyodor Stratilat. The church consists of a square base, a semicircular apse, a two-column refectory, and a bell tower. The summer temple is covered with a vaulted ceiling and topped with five domes, the central one being lighted. Above the windows are semicircular and rectangular niches. Between the floors, the walls are decorated with panels featuring window openings. The upper windows are adorned with sandriks. At the corners of the square base are paired pilasters, and above the cornice, kokoshniks. The completion of the temple is complex: round drums of the domes are set on high pedestals.

A distinctive feature of the church's layout is the tiered bell tower above the refectory, with access to the staircase through an annex on the northern facade, via a spiral staircase.

A church parish school operated at the Church of the Smolensk Mother of God. By the early 20th century, Sereda had a church parish guardianship, a sobriety society, and two libraries.