According to records, the first donations for the altar in Svir were made as early as in 1411 by the local Count Petr Petkovich Svirsky.

The church received 100 ha (250 acres) of croplands, Lake Tusha with a mill and several villages.

On August 1, 1472, the nephew of Ivan Svirsky, Senka Romanovich, donated money to build a new altar in the church.

The National Historic Archive of Belarus has documents dated 1923–1940 regarding births, deaths, and weddings.

The Soviet authorities closed the church on March 4, 1961, and dismantled the pipe organ.