The village of Novo Usad is first mentioned in the chronicles of 1586. In the decree of Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich, it is described as a significant settlement with a wooden church dedicated to Archangel Michael. At the end of the 18th century, the Novo Usad volost, which included several villages, was given to the hero of 1812, Pyotr Bagration, as a dowry for his wife, Ekaterina Vasilyevna Skavronskaya. With the funds from Ekaterina, Count Skavronsky, Prince Gagarin, the burmistr of the Kolosovo estate, and the parishioners of the village of Novo Usad and the villages of Ozerki and Salnikovo, according to the decree of the Nizhny Novgorod Spiritual Consistory dated August 14, 1818, the construction of a new stone five-altar church began to replace the old wooden one.

The enormous Empire-style temple was completed by 1827 and consecrated in the name of the Most Holy Life-Giving Trinity on October 18, 1836. To the left of the main altar, an altar was consecrated in the name of Archistrategos Michael, and to the right, in the name of the Dormition of the Mother of God. In a small refectory on the right, an altar was consecrated in the name of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, and on the left, in the name of the Great Martyr Catherine. Next to the church, a separate bell tower was erected, 29 fathoms high, with the largest bell weighing 875 poods. The iconostasis, church icons, wall paintings, and frescoes were created by students of the Stupin School of Painting from Arzamas. The iconostasis, made by brothers Nikolai and Ivan Ryabov, was known in the district for its remarkable painting, gilded carvings, and beautifully executed two-tiered arch with a pediment.

For the construction of the church, bricks were used, fired at a specially built factory nearby. The clay for the bricks was extracted from a mountain near the village, where the bells were also cast. The crosses on the domes were wooden, six-pointed, covered with English iron.

In 1936, the church was closed. The clergymen, Priest Alexander Krylov, Priest Mikhail Lebedev, and Priest Mikhail Velsky, were arrested and shot without trial. The building was used as a club, grain storage, power station, sawmill, and for storing mineral fertilizers. Over time, the bell tower was destroyed, and the winter refectory part of the church was demolished. Only the summer part survived, but it also suffered. Several columns on the porticos were destroyed, and the decor on the facades and windows was knocked off. The roofing on the church and domes eventually deteriorated, allowing water to seep inside. The walls became covered with mold and gradually deteriorated.

On July 26, 1998, at a village meeting in the presence of the district archpriest Evgeny Novozhilov, a decision was made to restore the shrine. With the blessing of Metropolitan Nikolai of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas, repair and restoration work began. Drawings of the church were found, thanks to which, with the funds of parishioners and benefactors, this majestic memorial church, towering over the Arzamas land, was restored. Divine services resumed on May 28, 2001.