The Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, built in 1897, is located in the village of Sobolikha at the old cemetery. This wooden structure on a brick foundation has one dome and no pillars, with one apse and a bell tower, designed in the traditional ship form. The architectural composition of the church with the bell tower is arranged along the main longitudinal axis, which sequentially includes the porch, bell tower, narthex, the church itself, and the altar part. The main volume is an octagon on a square base, topped with a cornice featuring eight triangular pediments and a tent roof. It is one of the restored and functioning churches of the Gorodets Deanery, representing scientific, historical, and artistic value as a rare example of wooden church architecture in the Gorodets district.

Until the end of the 19th century, there were two churches in Sobolikha: a summer church dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Lord, built in 1700, and a winter church in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh, erected in 1794. In 1896, the summer church was dismantled, and in its place, a new wooden church with an iron roof and stone foundation was built in the autumn of 1897, with a side chapel in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh. According to documents from 1914, the construction was financed by the widow of a state councilor from Moscow, Elizabeth Semyonovna Lyamina, while the contractor was Andrei Ivanovich Lapin, a merchant of the second guild from Nizhny Novgorod, who also invested in the construction.

The church operated until 1935, after which it was closed. The building was used as a grain storage facility, and during the Great Patriotic War, it temporarily housed a children's shelter. There were plans to open a club in the church, but due to the presence of the cemetery, this idea was not realized. According to eyewitness accounts, before the restoration began, the church was abandoned, trees were growing inside, and the bell tower was leaking. In 1991, the revival of parish life began, and in 1992, the Orthodox community was registered, starting the restoration of the church. Regular services resumed in the church on April 26, 1997.