In 1878, a stone Epiphany church with three altars was built in the village of Penas in the Oboyansk district, under Priest Konstantin Grigorievich Yakovitsky. The parish of Penas had both church and zemstvo schools, and the church was served by two priests, two psalmists, and one deacon.

In 1901, the priest was Ioann Mikhailovich Sresivtsev, the deacon was V.I. Shchegolev, and the psalmists were N.I. Kraplin and I.G. Popov. The church was first closed by the decision of the presidium of the Central Black Earth Regional Executive Committee, and the building was handed over to the local council for cultural and educational purposes, but the exact dates are unknown. The second closure occurred during the years of Soviet atheism, when icons were thrown out and priests were exiled to Siberia.

The church reopened in 1941 during the German occupation. This was likely the desire of the older generation, as they gathered church utensils from around the village. At that time, the priest was Nikolai Kraplin, an elderly man with a dark-red beard, who had previously served as a psalmist here. He was a jack of all trades and did much to maintain the church: he made the frames for the bell tower and the central iconostasis, which has survived to this day. After his death, his son Evgeny Nikolayevich Kraplin became the priest. The exact dates of the construction of the White Church could not be established, but it is known that it was briefly closed in 1955 or 1956.

On January 19, 2008, after the Divine Liturgy, the rector of the church, priest Nikolai Gontar, called for the church to be prepared for consecration and the celebration of its 130th anniversary, and also appealed for financial support for repairs. Organizations from Kursk, Moscow, Belgorod, Bryansk, as well as entrepreneurs from the Belovsky and Ivnyansky districts participated in the restoration.

On August 12, 2008, a significant event took place for the Epiphany parish: the episcopal consecration of three altars and the celebration of the church's 130th anniversary.