In 1678, in Borovitsy, also known as Borovichi, a church in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was mentioned according to the income books. It had the house of priest Alexander, the houses of deacons, and prosphora bakers. The parish included the estate of landowners, where two widows lived, as well as 10 peasant households. In the village of Safonovo, there was an estate of landowners and 17 peasant households, which increased to 25 by 1897. In the village of Martinova, there were 12 peasant households, which grew to 21 by 1897. In the village of Staraya, there were 4 peasant households, but by 1897 the village had disappeared. In the village of Aleshunino, there were 8 peasant households, which increased to 15 by 1897. In the village of Mikhailovskaya, there were 14 peasant households, which grew to 61 by 1897. In the village of Sosnitsy, there was an estate of landowners and 7 peasant households, which increased to 61 by 1897. According to priest Alexander, the church land included five quarters of field and 50 copens of hay meadows, which were allocated from the boyar's estates.

In 1783, a new wooden church was built in Borovitsy as the old one had become dilapidated. In 1842, the construction of a stone temple began, the altar of which was completed and consecrated in 1847, and the main church in 1866. The stone temple has three altars: the main one in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, in the warm altar, in the name of the holy martyrs Flora and Lavra, and the holy martyr Paraskeva. The church was well supplied with utensils, vestments, holy icons, and liturgical books, but there was nothing particularly ancient or valuable in it.

The clergy staff of the church included a priest, a deacon, and a psalmist. Their maintenance received up to 1100 rubles a year from various sources. The clergy members had their own houses located on church land.

The church lands included 15 desyatinas and 152 sazhen of homestead and arable land, 2 desyatinas and 338 sazhen under swamps and springs, as well as 11 desyatinas and 1857 sazhen of haymaking land. The arable land was flooded during the spring floods.

The parish consisted of the village of Borovitsy and the villages of Martinova, Zakharova, Sofonova, Aleshunina, Mikhailovskaya, Sosnitsy, and Polevskaya. According to the clerical records of 1897, there were 1200 men and 1379 women recorded in them.