The church, built in 1907 using donations, was closed and turned into storage by the Soviet authorities in 1932, although restoration works began in the late 1980s.

[1] With Novomykhailivka being close to the front line of the War in Donbas, there has been fighting in and around the village during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

During the War in Donbas, on October 29, 2014, the checkpoint near the village of Novomykhailivka (Maryinka district) was shelled by pro-Russian armed formations, a mine hit a tree and scattered in fragments, hit a trench, a soldier of the 28th brigade Konstantin Sergienko was mortally wounded, while saving his comrade, whom he protected from shrapnel.

[9][10] As of April 2024, the Russians had lost more than 300 military vehicles in the Novomykhailivka area, implying troop losses of around 13,000 killed and wounded.

According to Forbes, "At the cost of 320 vehicles and potentially thousands of troops over six months, the Russian military advanced four miles into and through Novomykhailivka".