In the land registry books of the palace estates from 1676, it is mentioned that there were two wooden churches in Vacha. One of them, the old church in the name of Dmitry of Thessalonica, was built in the late 1560s, but services were not held there. A wooden church in the name of Nicholas the Wonderworker was also erected in 1642.

It is assumed that the old Dmitrievskaya church was dismantled, and by the beginning of the 19th century, there were two wooden churches remaining in Vacha: in honor of the great martyr Nicholas the Wonderworker and St. Tikhon of Amathus. Details about the latter church have not survived, but locals confirm the existence of a handwritten chronicle that disappeared in the late 1970s.

In a new location, the construction of a stone church began in 1805, replacing the wooden churches. The refectory was consecrated in 1812, and the main church in 1825. In 1863, the refectory was significantly expanded, and in 1876 it was rebuilt along with the bell tower. The church had three altars: the main one in honor of St. Great Martyr Dmitry of Thessalonica, in the warm refectory, in the name of Nicholas the Wonderworker and St. Tikhon of Amathus. The church was well supplied with utensils, vestments, and icons. After the stone church was built, the wooden churches were dismantled.

In the late 1920s, a workers' club named after A. I. Soldatov was built on the site of the church cemetery, which is now called the RDK named after A. I. Soldatov.

In August 1938, the church was closed, and its destruction began: the interior decoration was dismantled, and church property was confiscated and scattered. During this time, the psalmist Alexander Pavlovich Uspensky was arrested, sentenced to 10 years in a labor camp, and died in exile. Only the bell tower remained from the church, which was demolished on May 29, 1967.

On the site of the church, there is now a memorial complex in honor of the fallen soldiers of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, built for the 40th anniversary of the victory over fascist Germany.

In 2004, a building was allocated for a new church. The believers of the Eastern village of Vacha began fundraising in Vacha, Iskusovo, Derevniyshchi, Popovka, and Popyshovo. An old one-story brick building on Soviet Street, previously owned by the Kondratovs, was completely renovated and repurposed into a church in the name of the great martyr Dmitry of Thessalonica. It was consecrated on June 29, 2006, and the first service was held there on November 8, 2006, conducted by priest Ivan Klyushin of the Kulebaki deanery. By this time, the altar had been painted by artist Vladimir Kuznetsov.