In the 19th century, at the initiative of the Stroganovs, active construction of Orthodox churches began in the Kama region. This was related to the desire to displace the schismatics who had taken root in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, as well as to eradicate the pagan beliefs of the local population. The Verkh-Yusva St. Stephen Church was built in 1837 with funds from Countess S. V. Stroganova. There were five chapels associated with the church: Simeon Chapel, Mother of God Chapel, Simeon Chapel, Mariinsky Chapel, and a chapel in the village of Sidor-Shor. In 1899, another church, the Simeon Church, appeared in the Verkh-Yusva parish, built by parishioners in honor of St. Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye the Miracle Worker. It was consecrated in early 1920 and was attached to the church of the village of Verkh-Yusva. The church was wooden and was closed until 1941. During the Soviet era, the building of the Simeon Church was used as a school, a grain storage facility, and a House of Culture. Currently, the building has been preserved almost unchanged, except for the roof, which has been replaced. Now the building serves as a House of Culture, where meetings, rehearsals, and sometimes youth gatherings take place. According to reports from the Verkh-Yusva St. Stephen Church from 1854 to 1917, the number of parishioners increased more than twofold, from 2,720 to 5,870 people. The church-parish school in the Verkh-Yusva parish operated from 1865 to 1891. The parish also had a one-class zemstvo school, where up to 100 students were educated annually, and a church-parish school in the village of Bormotova, where 25-40 students studied. The law teacher at the school was Priest Alexander Dmitrievich Tarakanov, and the teacher was Rochev. Tarakanov was also the head of the church-parish school, with Vasily Yakovlevich Chechulin as the law teacher. The closure of the church occurred from 1929 to 1933. The population was informed in advance about the closure and petitioned to preserve the parish, which temporarily halted the process. However, by 1932, the residents did not request the reopening of the school, and a decision was made to close the church. This can be explained by the beginning of repressions against those who did not support the policies of the Soviet government. The closure process was completed in 1933 after the adoption of two documents: the Resolution of the Presidium of the Komi-Permyak Regional Executive Committee dated September 28, 1933, and an excerpt from the minutes of the meeting of the commission on religious affairs at the Presidium of the Ural Regional Executive Committee dated December 14, 1933. After the closure, the church building was transferred for the needs of the national economy, and then for the House of Culture. According to information from A. S. Mekhonoshina, the church premises were used as an auditorium, while other rooms were located in a wooden annex that burned down in the 1950s-1960s and was replaced with a stone one. In 1936, the cross was removed from the church, the dome was dismantled, and a ceiling was installed. Next to the church lived a sexton, and in the building of the modern post office, a priest. The house of another sexton was located where the modern forestry office is. After the church's closure, all clergy left the place. From the late 1930s to the present, the church building, along with the stone annex, houses the House of Culture, and youth discos are held in the church premises. The local community and specialists from the Verkh-Yusva structural unit began work to restore the church building's former status. An appeal from the Orthodox community of the village of Verkh-Yusva to Metropolitan Mephodiy of the Perm Diocese has been drafted, and there is hope for a successful outcome.