Description of the attraction
This church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker on Maroseyka Street is known as "Nikola in Blinniki" and "Nikola in Klenniki". The first name could be associated with the stalls in which pancakes were sold, and the second - with the name of the village near Moscow, in which the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was revealed. Under the first name, the church was mentioned in the second half of the 17th century, and under the second - in the 18th and 19th centuries.
This temple is located in the historical part of the capital - in the White City, on the street where the Little Russian courtyard was located. The first church on the site of the temple existed in the 15th century and was built "on a vow" by Ivan III and was named in honor of Simeon Divnogorts. The church was built in gratitude for the fact that the Kremlin was defended during a fire in the White City, although the wooden church itself subsequently burned more than once.
In 1657, a new stone building was built, which stood close to the old wooden one. Fires continued to interfere with the appearance of the church in the 18th century - in 1701 and 1749. After the second fire, a bell tower appeared near the church, which has survived to this day; the facades of the temple were also partially rebuilt. Subsequent updates were made in the second half of the 19th century.
The church was closed in the 30s. Before the closure, already under the new government, small restoration work was carried out in the church, icon painters worked. After the closure, a warehouse was placed in the headless building, and then the former temple was handed over to the Central Committee of the Komsomol.
The revival of the temple began in the 90s. Today this building is a cultural heritage site of the Russian Federation. The main altar of the temple is Nikolsky, and the side-altars are consecrated in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, All the saints who shone in the land of Russia and the holy righteous Alexy and the martyr Sergius. The main shrine of the Nikolsky Church in Klenniki is the icon of the Mother of God "Theodorovskaya", recognized as miraculous.
