In the village of Semyonovsk, there is a stone church dedicated to the Holy Life-Giving Trinity. It is a parish church divided into summer and winter parts. The summer part has one altar in the name of the Holy Trinity, while the winter part has two altars, one of which is dedicated to the righteous Simeon the God-Receiver. The church was built in 1812 on the site of a wooden one and was renovated in 1885. In 1904, a stone chapel was also built in the village.
The church owns 35 desyatins of land and 4.5 desyatins of wasteland known as "Yakovlevskaya," which are jointly owned with other owners. The church capital amounts to 450 rubles in securities.
The parish has 705 men and 723 women. In the village of Semyonovsk, there are 81 men and 98 women. In the surrounding villages, the population is as follows: in Shulgino, 54 men and 50 women; in Melizgalki, 21 men and 26 women; in Demidkovo, 33 men and 28 women; in Letnevo, 59 men and 57 women; in Semkino, 49 men and 53 women; in Dushilovo, 76 men and 89 women; in Yazikovo, 15 men and 17 women; in Ledino, 40 men and 42 women; in Radovanskoe, 14 men and 11 women; in Fominskoe Maloe, 28 men and 22 women; in Fominskoe Bol'shoe, 37 men and 32 women; in Zaymishche, 14 men and 18 women; in Bpserkovo, 19 men and 25 women; in Kholmu, 9 men and 7 women; in Yevlashevo, 33 men and 32 women; in Oberuchevo, 52 men and 33 women; in Tiviline, 40 men and 43 women; in Dylanova, 14 men and 28 women; in Vertkovo, 17 men and 12 women.
The church is situated on a hill, while the houses of the residents descend down the slope to the east. Half a verst from the village flows a small river, Kopsha. The village has a post and telegraph office. Since 1871, there has been a zemstvo school, a library, and a hospital reception room, maintained by the county zemstvo. The clergy staff includes a priest and a psalmist, and the parish capital amounts to 170 rubles in securities.
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