On the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, a Patronal Feast was held at the Ascension Church in the village of Mokhcha, Izhma district. Hieromonk German (Yurchenko) conducted the Divine Liturgy. The church, currently in a state of disrepair, is being restored by the efforts of parishioners under the guidance of Father German and has a rich history.

According to the decree of the spiritual consistory dated February 16, 1830, the construction of the Ascension Church with a chapel of John the Baptist began in the village of Mokhcha, completed in 1838. The church building was in the shape of a cross. It had three altars: in the main cold church in honor of the Ascension of the Lord, in the warm one on the southern side, in honor of the Assembly of John the Baptist, and on the northern side in honor of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Virgin Mary.

F.A. Tentyukova, in her book "From the Past of the Komi Region," describes the architecture of the church: it is a one-story building with a five-sided apse and a refectory with two side chapels. The two-light church is covered with a vault, topped with an onion dome and a cross. The architecture is mixed: baroque forms of the bell tower and church combine with classical strict planes. The facades feature elegant cornice patterns, and the interior of the church had wall paintings by Alexander Shishev, completed in 1889.

Clerical records of the Ascension Church are kept in the State Archive of the Republic of Komi. In 1875, a rural school opened in Mokhcha, where 65 boys and 11 girls studied in 1893-1894. In October 1897, a women's church school began operating, where 41 girls were educated in 1900. The building for the school was constructed by peasant and church elder Fyodor Filippovich Smetanin. Teacher Maria Grivtsova organized a girls' choir and taught them to play musical instruments.

In 1873, priest P. Mikhailov wrote about his experience in the Mokhcha parish and the study of the Zyrian language. He compiled a guide for studying the Izhma-Zyrian language, published in Arkhangelsk in 1873.

By 1917, the church staff consisted of three people. The church had arable land and hayfields, and was well supplied with utensils and liturgical books. In 1894, 17 poods of candles were sold, and in 1900, 22 poods. An annual procession was held on June 11 in memory of the cessation of livestock mortality in 1886.

In 1922, a campaign began to confiscate church valuables. The last priest was A.A. Kolchin, who was deprived of voting rights in 1925. In 1927, documents were prepared for the church's closure, but services continued until the 1930s.

For a long time, the building stood empty, and in the 1960s it was converted into a butter and cheese factory, which operated for over 40 years. The factory closed in 2006, and the building remained ownerless.

Currently, an initiative group has been formed in the village to work on preserving the church building. People are bringing icons and utensils for services. The intentions for repairs are serious: part of the wall and roof have been restored. Since May 13, 2010, services have been held every Sunday. On July 8, 2010, the first baptism in 73 years took place, with 11 participants. Father German has become the spiritual mentor for the restoration of the church, providing the necessary utensils for services.