The wooden church dedicated to the icon of the Mother of God "The Sign" was built in 1705 in the village of Lyakhovka, which is now located in the Mainsky District of the Ulyanovsk Region. The construction was financed by the landowner Z.P. Evlashev.

For 125 years, the Sign Church welcomed parishioners, strengthening their faith and helping them cope with life's difficulties. The famous Ulyanovsk artist D.I. Arkhangelsky captured this church in his drawings, which have survived to this day. However, wooden structures are not durable, and the building gradually deteriorated. In 1830, Princess Elizaveta Rostislavovna Vyazemskaya built a new stone church nearby. The old church stood next to the new temple for another 100 years. The new church building still exists today. Historians suggest that it was in this church that the famous Russian historian and writer N.M. Karamzin was baptized, who lived in the neighboring village of Znamenska.

In the 1930s, many churches were closed, and the church in Lyakhovka was no exception. It was closed before the war, but services resumed in 1946. In 2005, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Znamensky parish, "named" bells were cast and installed on the bell tower in Voronezh. The bell tower of the Znamensky church in Lyakhovka includes seven bells. In 2002, springs were cleared near the church, a chapel was installed, and a baptismal pool was equipped. People come to this church from all over the region and other parts of Russia.

Today, the parish in Lyakhovka is one of the oldest in the Ulyanovsk Region. The All-Russian Philatelic Exhibition "Orthodoxy and Culture" is dedicated to this parish, and guests of the exhibition will visit it on the second day of the event. The church is also featured on a commemorative stamped envelope from the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation.