Church of St. John the Evangelist is located in the village of Ivanovo, in Kingisepp district. This village was granted to Nicholas I, AI Block (great-grandfather of the famous poet). In the early 20th century it belonged to Natalia Gears, granddaughter AI Bloc.

In 1901, the landlady of the village began to build a stone church from the road that leads from the village of Porec, the estate, near the river Hrevitsy split into two branches. August 14, 1901 approved the project of the future church. The temple was conceived five-domed, with bunk belfry and refectory. It combines Moscow style of the 17th century and elements of Byzantine-Romanesque architecture. Moscow style of composition was introduced, belfry, keeled architraves over the windows, balustrade, form adjacent columns. From the Byzantine-Romanesque architecture borrowed overall spatial resolution, the division of the facade and arcade windows. Church of St. John the Evangelist is a successful eclectic styling, which has a rich tradition in the temple architecture of Russia.

The development project of the Theological temple engaged in VA Jambs. During this period he was the architect of the Synod in St. Petersburg on his projects were built two large churches: the Kiev-Pechersk farmstead on Vasilyevsky Island and the Church of the Epiphany on Gutuevsky Island. In addition, while in Kronstadt Naval Cathedral was built majestic, in the capital - the Church of St. Nicholas, in Astrakhan - Vladimir Cathedral and the Church of the Holy Martyr Tsarina Alexandra at Putilov. The calculation performed vault engineer architect PP Trifonov.

Theologian temple was built on donations from peasant M.E.Emelyanova and local peasants. Natalia Gears building commission headed and financed partly quite expensive construction. The owner of the estate did not live in poverty, and, in addition to extensive land holdings in the Ivanovo had a paper mill, which was founded in 1895, it is in conjunction with the local landowners. The factory, which employed 200 workers in 1904 was transferred to the receivership, but revenue NI Gears brings, as well as a small sawmill, located in the village.

Church with a single altar was erected four years and was completed before the beginning of 1905. It was built of red brick with concrete. Because he had made: a large dome, balusters, architraves, columns.

The church was consecrated on August 9, 1905 the day of St. Panteleimon the Healer. Presumably the name of the church was associated with the name of the apostle John, a traditional way in the block. After the blessing of the church as a farmstead, he was assigned to the parish church in Yastrebino. As the number of residents in the village of Ivanovo is quite increased, the 1911 synod opened a separate parish.

In the period from 1905 to 1911 the temple clergy nourished Yastrebinsky temple. Five years since the establishment of an independent parish temple led the Paul Dmitrov. In 1898 he was ordained to the priesthood, and he served in the Diocese of St. Petersburg. In the village of Ivanovo Father Paul he served for three years and, when the First World War, was sent to the army priest. After the revolution, Father Paul was in Estonia and served in Narva on October 3, 1937, he was consecrated bishop in Narva. In 1945 he was appointed Archbishop of Tallinn and Estonia.

Since 1916, the abbot of the temple was Nikolai Chernov, the future new martyr. The last abbot of the temple of Ivanovo - monk Andronicus, who was arrested in January 1931 and then shot in exile in Kargopol.

The church was closed in 1936. Before the war, the post was located here aerial surveillance of the Soviet army. After the occupation of the settlement month is held the front, and during the fighting the bell tower was destroyed. After the war, the temple continued to disassemble. During the time that has elapsed since the closure of the temple, the old-timers could not even remember who is dedicated to the temple. Remember that closed the temple was used as a repair shop and warehouse.

In 2001 the church was handed over to the Orthodox community. He acts since 2004. Now the temple is restored.