Village, where he built a temple of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius, anciently called "the land of St. Demetrius." Perhaps the ancient church was built even before the 14th century, since by that time the name of the area is already well established among the people. Modern construction of the temple dates back to the year 1534. The church stands on the site Dimitry monastery in the field.

The first information about the monastery appeared in the 15th century. In 1454 the residents of Pskov are met her new Prince Shemyakin. It is known that the church had previously Locally icon of St. Demetrius. According to tradition it was written in memory of the victory over the hordes of the Stefan Batory Foundation. In 1615 the Swedes completely ruined the entire Dimitrievsky monastery. Not spared this fate and the Temple of Demetrius. After that, the monastery was restored and attributed to the Bishops house.

In 1782, the donations of the Pskov merchant Vukola Evstafievich Pobedova the right side of the temple was built a chapel of Presentation of Mary. Most likely, the porch was built simultaneously with the church, because they have the same wall thickness. Temple had two throne. The first of them, in the main church - St. Great Martyr Demetrius, Myrrh, and the second was in the chapel Presentation of Mary.

The church is built of stone Pskov. It has a drum with a double row of decorations, bulb shaped head with a tall steeple. Over the Chapel also is the head, but much smaller than the main. In the interior you can see a four round pillars with podpruzhnymi arches, vaults begin them.

In 1808, the church wanted to demolish because of complete dilapidation, but the Holy Synod gave blessings to the demolition of the church.

Near the temple was built in 1864, the bell tower with seven bells. The biggest one weighed 70 pounds. The inscription on it indicates that the bell was cast in Pskov, May 18, 1790 Opochetsky master Fyodor Maximov. On the other bells inscriptions and symbols of weight was not. In the same year it was rebuilt and the church chapel. In 1879, the school was founded in honor of the anniversary of the reign of Emperor Alexander II.

Since 1915, this church was ordained a priest Alexy Tcherepnin. After his arrest in 1938, the church was closed. Shortly after the appointment of another priest of the church reopened. More it is not closed.

During World War II, a priest of the temple of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius was appointed priest, Father Georgy Bennigsen. He was a member of the Pskov Orthodox mission. His efforts have been established parochial school and orphanage for children. During the German occupation, the Germans closed the school and pledged to work for all children 12 years and older. Then his father George was appointed head of extracurricular work with children. The war has caused considerable damage to the temple. It was damaged the roof of the iconostasis stolen valuable icons 15-18 centuries.

Today, the temple stands on the site of the cemetery Demetrius. It began to take shape in the 19th century, around the church where burials were nuns of Old Ascension Monastery. Here it was buried many church and secular figures who lived on the territory of Pskov - Metropolitan John (mind), MA Nazimov relatives of Ivan Pushin, FM Plyushkin, IN Nikolai Skrydlov, II Vasilev, EP Nazimov and VM Bibikov and BS Skobeltsyn, VA Poroshin and many others. September 21, 1960 Pskov city council passed a resolution to close the cemetery to Demetrius mass graves.