The village of Lyakhi is located near the Oka River and the Sable River, 17 versts from the district town. According to the scribal books of 1629-1630, half of the village of Lyakhi belonged to the boyar Prince Boris Mikhailovich Lykov. It was acquired through a mortgage from the Murom merchant Merkuriy Klepin and then transferred to the sovereign. At that time, Lykov's part included the estate of the landowners, the estate of a servant, two estates of merchants, and seven peasant households.

By the end of the 17th century, as indicated in the revenue books of 1676, a church was built in the name of the All-Merciful Savior. The church had the estate of priest Fyodor and the estate of deacons, as well as a boyar's estate and 75 peasant households with 23 households of widowers. This wooden church burned down in the mid-18th century, and a new wooden church was built in the name of Saint Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow.

In 1802, with the funds of the famous ironworks owner I.R. Batyshev, a stone temple was built in Lyakhi in the name of the All-Merciful Savior. The wooden church existed until 1848, when it burned down along with its property. The fire also damaged the stone temple: the iconostasis and icons were removed. After that, two chapels were arranged in the refectory. At that time, the interior decorations of the temple were extremely modest. The renovation of the temple was carried out in 1870-1872 with the funds of merchant Nazarov, who arranged a new iconostasis and new icons for the main church. All renovation work cost more than 15,000 rubles.

The temple has three altars: the main one in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands, and in the warm chapels, in the name of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos and Saint George the Great Martyr. The church is well supplied with utensils, vestments, icons, and liturgical books. According to the staff, the clergy consists of a priest and a psalmist, for whose maintenance about 500 rubles per year comes from various sources. The homes of the clergy members are located on church land. The land associated with the church includes: 18 desyatins of arable land, 15 desyatins of hayfields and under small shrubs, and 1 desyatina of homestead land. The parish includes the village of Lyakhi and the village of Chernichenki, one verst from the church, where the clerical records list 1,056 men and 1,120 women. Since 1875, a zemstvo public school has been operating in the village.