The village of Bogorodskoye is known throughout the country for an extraordinary folk craft – beautiful carved wooden toys. In addition, the Bogorodskoye metochion of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius is located here, although the village is almost 30 kilometers from Sergiev Posad.
Since 1595 it belonged to the Lavra. For a century and a half, a calm and measured life went on here under the protection of one of the country's largest monasteries. But in the 17th century, Polish-Lithuanian troops swept through Moscow Governorate with fire and sword, and of the 17 settlements belonging to the Lavra, only four could be restored. The village of Bogorodskoye also came back to life, but its ancient Uspensky Church was no longer there.
Three centuries later, when after the collapse of the Soviet Union properties previously taken away began to be returned everywhere to the Orthodox Church, the residents of Bogorodskoye also began thinking about building their own church. Some of the villagers found ancient archives that told of the rich religious past of this place. The residents of Bogorodskoye sent a request to the abbot of the Lavra for help in reviving the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God in their settlement. Archbishop Feognost gladly supported this initiative, and in 2000 a new Uspensky Church was founded in the village and the Bogorodskoye metochion was established.
While the church was under construction, the residents of Bogorodskoye created a temporary church. Wooden premises were added to the one-story stone building, and the result was an exceptionally charming church with a tented dome and a bell tower.
