Originally, the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Pokcha was not located at its current site by the Kolva River, but where the Nyamzelka River flows into the Kolva, near the estate of the first Christian prince Michael, baptized by the holy bishop of Great Perm and Vyatka, Jonah. Bishop Jonah could not leave this place without a church, so a wooden church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built at the highest point of the village, by a spring. The icon of the Annunciation, brought by Prince Michael from Moscow, served as a monument to this ancient church. The icon was painted by Moscow masters and placed in the stone church to the left of the Royal Gates.

Another monument of the ancient church was a bell donated by Prince Michael's son, Matfey. The bell had an inscription stating that it was installed by Alexey, Mikhailo, Nikolai, and Ivan in the year 7062. There was also a church in the village of Pokcha in honor of St. George the Great Martyr, the time of its construction is unknown, but it was built no earlier than 1663. Both churches were wooden and were moved several times.

The construction of the stone church of the Annunciation with a chapel of St. George the Great Martyr began in 1782 by the order of Bishop Lavrenty. The construction started in 1785 when Priest Bartholomew Serebrennikov and church elder Fyodor Chalin signed a contract with Matvey Abramovich Zverinov and his son. It is unknown if Zverinov completed the construction, but on March 26, 1794, the church was consecrated by Bishop Lavrenty.

The church was small: the cold part measured 9.5 by 11 arshins, and the warm part, 12 by 20 arshins. In 1830, a box was added to strengthen the bell tower. In 1836, the bell tower and church were covered with iron, and in 1841, the George chapel was added. In 1850, church elder Semyon Ivanovich Smolnikov added a second warm chapel in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. In 1870, the church was decorated with paintings and ornaments. The stone church also housed an icon of St. George the Great Martyr, transferred from the ancient churches of Pokcha.

In the museum in Perm, there is a wooden sculpture of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, possibly carved by monastery monks or Pokcha craftsmen. Another icon, "The Indestructible Wall and the Protection of Russia," was painted in 1866 in memory of the deliverance from the assassination attempt on Tsar Alexander II and was gifted to the church by peasant Vasily Ivanovich Fedoseev. It is now kept in the Museum of the History of Faith in Cherdyn.

Vasily Ivanovich Fedoseev is considered the founder of the dynasty of icon painters. His son Alipiy Vasilievich maintained an iconostasis workshop in Pokcha, where about 25 people worked. The workshop was engaged in beautifying the church, and the Kunghin brothers enlarged the icon of the Annunciation. Alipiy Vasilievich also served as the elder of the church for a long time.

In 1892, it was discovered that the church with the altar in honor of St. George the Great Martyr and St. Nicholas of Myra was small and cramped. Bishop Peter drew attention to this, and brothers Simeon and Mikhail Vasilievich Chernykh decided to expand the church and build a new bell tower. The project was drafted by architect A.B. Turtsevich. In 1896, it was decided to create a new iconostasis, and its development was entrusted to Alipiy Vasilievich Fedoseev.