Originally, the church was built of wood, and its creation was actively participated in by Archimandrite Bogolep, the rector of the Vladimir Christmas Monastery. According to local tradition, he donated an iconostasis with icons from his monastery to the newly built church. The church was consecrated in 1714. With the opening of the parish, the village of Pochinki began to be called Dmitrievskoye on the River Vorsha, to distinguish it from other villages with the same name, and later the name Vorshya became established, retaining the former name Pochinki.
In 1755, with the blessing of Bishop Platon, the parishioners built another wooden church in honor of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity. Both wooden churches existed until 1832, when they were dismantled due to dilapidation. In their place, a wooden chapel and two stone pillars were erected.
The stone church in honor of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity, which is now located in the village of Vorsha, was rebuilt and consecrated in 1832, and around 1839 a stone bell tower appeared next to it. The church and bell tower are surrounded by a stone fence. The church has three altars: the main one in honor of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity, and two in the warm chapels, in honor of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica and Prince Alexander Nevsky. The church houses copies of metric books from 1802, confession records from 1829, and an inventory of church property.
In the iconostasis of the cold church, all icons, except for the icon of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica, are made in the Greek style and are distinguished by their artistry. In the warm church, there is an ancient image of Saint Alexander Nevsky, which is considered miraculous. The church owns a wooden chapel and a two-story stone house, which has housed the church parish school since 1871.
The church land includes 1 desyatina of homestead land, 27 desyatinas of arable land, and 6 desyatinas of haymaking land. There is no special plan or land registry for the land; it is indicated in the general village plan. The clergy consists of a priest, a deacon, and a psalmist. The clergy receives support from the land and for sacramental services up to 1485 rubles per year. The clergy's houses are located on church land. The parish includes the village, the hamlet of Afanasyevo, and the villages of Demidovo, Ovintsevo, Kozmino, Konino, and Yelkhovitsa, which are located no more than 3 versts from the church. The parish has 305 households, 1062 men, and 1183 women. In 1891, the priest of the village of Vorsha founded a sobriety society.
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