In 1678, Svyatkovo along with the villages of Lavrovo and Oboburovo belonged to the Kasimov prince Vasily Araslanovich. In 1715, the owner of the village became Captain Nazar Ievlevich Artsybashev.

It is known that the wooden church in Svyatkovo was reconstructed and renovated due to its dilapidation in 1734-1735 and in 1788. In 1861, with funds from the parishioners, the construction of a stone Cross Exaltation church began to replace the wooden one, which was completed and consecrated in 1869.

The church was a subsidiary and did not have a permanent clergy. It was built in the classical style, with paired half-columns at the corners giving it a festive appearance. Originally, the church was red-brick and not plastered, but later it was covered with lime and painted. Traces of coloring have been preserved on the facade, and in the interior, fragments of paintings with gospel scenes. Carpentry elements are partially lost, but some old fragments and wrought iron grilles remain. The church was heated, but the heating basement ended up under the ruins of the refectory.

During the Soviet era, the church suffered: the refectory and bell tower were dismantled for bricks. The wooden top of the main volume collapsed, and its remnants lie at the northeast corner of the cornice. The entrance to the main volume was bricked up, and the space was used as a storage for fertilizers and pesticides left since the late 1970s and mid-1980s. Being in the church without protective gear is dangerous due to the decomposition of chemicals. The village of Svyatkovo has completely died out, the huts have disappeared, the roads are overgrown, and agriculture is not conducted. Wires from the surviving power line poles have been removed. Only occasionally are gunshots from hunters heard in the forests. A small amount of logging and removal of coniferous trees is taking place around the church. Due to its remoteness from populated areas, the church has avoided teenage vandalism and stands alone in an inaccessible area.