The Transfiguration Church, originally a Cossack church, was located in the stanitsa of Gorodoforpostinskaya, which was renamed Atamanskaya in 1893. Today, this area is the central part of the Trusovsky district of Astrakhan. Currently, the church serves as a dependency of the Nikolsky-Ugretsky Stavropigial Monastery located in the Moscow region.

The Gorodovoy Forpost stanitsa was founded in 1785 when part of the Cossacks from the Kazachebugorinskaya stanitsa moved to the right bank of the Volga. Initially, the population of the stanitsa was small, and only in the early 19th century did the idea arise to build a church. The Cossacks appealed to the Astrakhan Archbishop Platon Lyubarsky for permission to construct a house of worship funded by donations. Permission was granted, but a priest was not appointed to the stanitsa, and the residents were assigned to the parish of the city Kazan church, whose priests occasionally visited the stanitsa.

In 1845, the residents decided to build a church in honor of St. George the Victorious and sought permission to buy and relocate an old wooden church from the Zamyannovskaya stanitsa. However, a lack of funds and a small population prevented this desire from being realized for 20 years. Only in 1863 did the construction of the first wooden church begin, which was completed and consecrated in 1865 in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord. However, in 1879, the need for its expansion arose. In 1882, it was decided to build a new stone church with three altars instead of expanding the existing one.

The church was finally completed, and the last northern altar was consecrated on August 6, 1890, in honor of the Holy Prophet Elijah. The main altar was consecrated in 1885 in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord, and the southern altar, in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "It is Truly Meet." The old wooden church was sold to the village of Nikolaevka.

The church remained active until 1938 when it was closed due to Stalin's repressions. The domes and iconostasis were destroyed, and the church's frescoes were lost. The church was returned to the believers in January 1945, but the domes were replaced with shapeless "caps," and the second tier of the bell tower was not restored. The interior decoration was gradually restored, a new iconostasis was installed, and the faithful donated icons. From 1955 to 1957, the church was painted by the artist B.M. Krasilnikov.

In 1992, the Astrakhan Transfiguration Church became a dependency of the Nikolsky-Ugretsky Stavropigial Monastery located in Dzerzhinsk near Moscow. Since then, monastic servants have been serving here.