The Assumption Cathedral in the village of Livenka, built in the late 19th century, has survived to this day without alterations.

Livenka was originally a fortified town protecting an important transport artery of Russia, the Izium Road. Goods were delivered along this route to Moscow from Crimea, Turkey, Greece, and Arab countries, and it was often targeted by Nogai Tatars from the east and noble detachments from the west. In late summer 1676, Tsar Fyodor Alexeyevich instructed the Cossack head of Livenka to organize a watch "on the Valuy with a wooden fortress at his, the sovereign's, expense and with gunpowder."

Immediately after this, a chapel in honor of the Assumption of the Mother of God was built in Livenka. Ten years later, a wooden church appeared here, and an Archangel church was erected at the leather settlement. At the shooting end of the village, a church of the Savior Not Made by Hands was built, later consecrated in honor of the Holy Trinity.

Since 1779, Livenka received the status of a district town and began to develop actively. The owner of most of the local lands, Prince Nikolai Nikitovich Trubetskoy, expanded his activities here. The village was visited by notable figures such as the educator Nikolai Novikov and the future hero of the Patriotic War, Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov. During this time, a majestic wooden Assumption church was built in Livenka, which served for almost eighty years before being replaced by a stone one that has survived to this day.

In the early 2000s, the church was restored, and by 2018 it was painted.