In 1746, Mukachevo had five resident Jewish families with 25 members and there were not yet enough men for a minyan. At that time, the Jews of Mukachevo met in Chynadiyovo for the holidays, because it had the largest Jewish population and formed the economic and spiritual center of the domain.

The centrality of the village of Chynadiyovo ended in 1769, when a debate arose as to where to buy land for establishing a synagogue. The options were to build the synagogue in the city of Mukachevo where the number of Jews now outnumbered those of Chynadiyovo, or maintain the seniority of Chynadiyovo and maintain it there. The final decision was made ten years later with the location set as Mukachevo.

With the rise in prominence of the Mukachevo rabbinate and the centrality of their rabbis, Chynadiyovo came under the jurisdiction of the Mukachevo Rabbinate. Rabbi Eliezer Shapiro was known to visit the town and make inspections.

Generally speaking, the Jewish community was observant but not uniformly religious. The community leadership that ensured its members followed Jewish practice. There were just a few ultra-orthodox in the town, perhaps five men in town wore shtreimels.

There is no information known about the first synagogue in Chynadyovo, but there was a synagogue built in Chynadiyovo at the end of the 19th century whose structure still exists. The synagogue was modernized between the two World Wars with the addition of electricity and a mikvah and communal showers were added. After the Shoah the synagogue served as a theater and today the building remains dilapidated and vacant.

The age of the Jewish cemetery is not known. The last Jewish burial there was of Lipot Oberlander in 1957, who had resided in Mukachevo. The cemetery subsequently went into disrepair and the surrounding walls were removed and nearly all of the matzevot were removed.

Today, thanks to the efforts descendents of the Grosgutt family working with the Heritage Foundation for Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries (HFPJC)-Avoyseinu, restoration of the cemetery was begun. They plan to rebuild the walls surrounding the cemetery and recover missing gravestones. Restoration was begun in October 2007 but has since been delayed as a few neighbors claimed ownership to parts of the cemetery lot.

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