According to the Land Books of 1594-1595 and 1647, the Nikita church parish in the village of Solntsevo is considered one of the oldest in the Oryol district. A permanent settlement here arose even earlier, shortly after the founding of the Oryol fortress in 1566. Initially, the church was located elsewhere, on a high bank of the Oka River (now Orlik), one and a half kilometers from its current location. At that time, the village was called Nikitskoye 'on the Steep Hill.' The Land Book describes the original wooden Nikita church: 'The pogost for the Tsar and Grand Duke Fyodor Ivanovich of all Russia, on the river Oka, and on the pogost a church of the great martyr of Christ Nikita, wooden, with a bell tower, and in the church icons and candles, and books, and all church structures of the parishioners.'

In 1870, with the permission of Bishop Juvenal and according to the design of architect Popov, the construction of a warm chapel on the western side began, which, adjoining the old refectory, connected it with the bell tower. A total of 3335 rubles was spent on the construction, collected from both parishioners and church funds. The construction was completed in 1884, and on November 5 of the same year, Bishop Simeon issued the Holy Antimension, and on November 9, the warm altar in the new refectory was consecrated in the name of St. Archangel Michael. In 1893, the church was painted with oil paint both inside and out. In 1902, with the permission of Bishop Nikanor, internal repairs were made, and the iconostases in the cold church were updated. The church was surrounded by a stone fence with a wooden lattice. Among the attractions, the ancient icon of St. Nikita the Great Martyr in a silver robe, transferred to the Assumption Church from the old wooden church, stood out. According to local tradition, it appeared at a well located near the site of the wooden church. The well still exists today (early 20th century) and is considered holy, as its water, according to belief, helps with eye diseases. Another shrine of the church was the ancient silver cross with particles of holy relics.

After the October Revolution, the Assumption (Nikita) church, like many Orthodox churches, was looted and closed. In the 1920s, during the campaign to seize church valuables, silver cult items were confiscated from the Assumption church, and in the 1930s it was finally closed and used as a mill, warehouse, and cattle yard until the 1990s.

In 1989, the church was returned to the community, allowing it to be revived. In the same year, the altar of the church was consecrated in the name of the Great Martyr Nikita. Restoration work mainly returned the church to its original appearance. However, according to Oryol local historian V.M. Nedelin, the change in the shape of the church's dome was a major mistake, as it does not match the style and creates dissonance in the architecture. Restoration of the small domes over the Nikita and Friday chapels, as well as the renewal of the four-column Tuscan portico-canopy adjoining the altar part of the church, is pending.

Today, the Nikita church is surrounded by the cemetery of the village of Solntsevo, but it is not a cemetery church. Compared to typical village churches, the Nikita church appears more spacious and richly decorated, bright and cozy. In the northern chapel, there is a large icon of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg, and in the southern chapel, an icon of St. Martyr Galina. To the right of the Royal Gates of the iconostasis in the local row are the icons 'Jesus Christ the Almighty', 'Archangel Michael', 'St. Nikita the Great Martyr', 'St. Martyr Trifon', and to the left, 'Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos', 'Archangel Gabriel', 'St. John the Baptist', 'Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Three Hands.'