The village of Poretskoye is located on the Nerl River, 17 versts from the city of Vladimir. Historical mentions of it date back to the mid-15th century, when it was part of the possessions of the Moscow metropolitan. In 1504, Grand Duke Ivan III Vasilyevich issued an unjudged charter to the village of Poretskoye, as well as to other metropolitan villages, excluding cases of murder and robbery. With the establishment of the patriarchate, Poretskoye passed into the ownership of the Moscow patriarchs, and then into the jurisdiction of the Holy Synod, which retained it until the abolition of church lands.

In the late 16th century, there was a church in Poretskoye dedicated to Archangel Gabriel. In the 17th century, according to the patriarchal salary books, in 1628, a church of Tsar Constantine is mentioned in the patriarchal estate. By 1695, there were two churches in Poretskoye: the Transfiguration of the Lord and the holy princes Constantine and his mother Elena.

By 1721, both churches had fallen into disrepair and were dismantled. New churches with the same altars were built in their place. In 1737, a fire occurred in Poretskoye due to a lightning strike, resulting in the burning of the houses of the priests and 40 peasant households. To save the church, the church utensils were taken out, and the consecrated antimins was removed and preserved. The church avoided the fire, and the parishioners appealed to the Synod for permission to restore and consecrate the holy table. Permission was granted.

These churches stood until the end of the 18th century. In 1795, a stone church was built on their site, which has survived to this day. In 1798, a stone bell tower was added to it. The church has three altars: in the cold part, the Transfiguration of the Lord, and in the warm chapels, the Nativity of Christ and the Equal-to-the-Apostles Tsar Constantine and his mother Elena, consecrated in 1839.

Church documents have been preserved: copies of metric books since 1801 and confession lists since 1829. The land associated with the church includes estate land, without an exact plan, and 46 desyatinas of arable and hay land, for which there is a plan and boundary book. The clergy consists of a priest, a deacon, and a psalmist. The income amounts to interest from a capital of 900 rubles, as well as from services, rites, and land, totaling no more than 1000 rubles per year.

The priest lives in the church house, while the other members of the clergy live in their own houses on church land. The parish includes only the village of Poretskoye, where the clerical records list 901 men and 1008 women. There are two schools in Poretskoye: a zemstvo school and a church-parish school.