The village of Nucha, located in the Ardatov district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, is situated 6 kilometers from the city of Ardatov, between two highways leading to the village of Sakony and the city of Arzamas. It stands on the Nucha River, which is a left tributary of the Tesha River.

The village was founded in the early 16th century and is first mentioned in the "Arzamas Land Acts" of 1593. The name of the village comes from the river. According to legend, during the campaign against Kazan, the army of Ivan the Terrible was guided through the forests to a good road by the residents of the village of Molyaksy. The Tsar ordered a stone church to be built and stopped by an unknown river to have tea. After drinking, he said: "Well, that was some tea," and since then the river has been called Nucha.

Until 1610, the village was owned by the Solovtsov brothers Pavel and Ostafer, then by Yakov Pavlovich Solovtsov, nobleman Vasily Ivanovich Zhukov, and from 1627 also by Levashov Fyodor Vasilyevich. In 1784, the owners of the village were Ivanovs Pyotr and Alexander Ivanovich, Tatishchev Pyotr Vasilyevich, and Manturov Fyodor Vasilyevich.

The nobles Levashov and Solovtsov built the church in the village of Nucha. The Levashovs owned lands in the villages of Shpaga and Lipele, while the Solovtsovs owned land in the village of Lemety.

By the order of the Vladimir Diocesan Authority, Father Pakhomiy was to consecrate the church in the village of Nucha. On June 13, 1787, on the feast day of the martyr Akilina, a chapel in honor of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker was consecrated at the Savior Church. There is a tradition that for the consecration of the chapel, Father Pakhomiy took with him Hierodeacon Seraphim, the future Saint Seraphim of Sarov. Also invited to the consecration was Alexandra Melgunova, the founder of the Diveyevo Monastery, who greatly assisted the church.

The history of the temple is closely linked to the history of the Diveyevo monastery. In 1937, the church was closed, and the last priest, Father Andrey Drozdov, was repressed. Subsequently, the church served as a refuge for schemamonk Margarita, the only Diveyevo nun who lived to see the monastery's revival.

By the end of the 20th century, the village was almost deserted: out of 400 households, only 12 remained. The ponds dried up, and the church stood in an empty field.

On May 17, 2007, Bishop Georgy, Archbishop of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas, blessed the establishment of a skete in honor of the Merciful Savior at the Holy Trinity Seraphimo-Diveyevo Convent in the village of Nucha. Due to the small number of residents, the skete was temporarily assigned to the Diveyevo skete in the village of Avtodeyevo, and its abbess became nun Theophania Udaltsova.

Currently, the skete is sustained by the labors and prayers of five sisters. The gilded cross on the bell tower, installed during the imperial era, shines with hope for the soon restoration of the Church of the Merciful Savior.