Description of the attraction
The Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" on Dmitrovka is one of the most beautiful churches in the city of Ivanovo.
In the 28th year of the XIX century, on the edge of the village of Ivanovo, the Dmitrievskaya Sloboda (Dmitrovka) was formed, when the Kornoukhov brothers, who were engaged in the trade in paints and mosquito goods, acquired a large plot of land from Count Vorontsov and built the first house on it. After 10 years, the Polushins and Zubkovs settled on the land of the Kornoukhovs and built chintz factories. At the same time, the Lepeshkin chemical plant was established.
In 1879, on the initiative of the merchants E. V. Menshikov and N. V. Lepeshkin in Dmitrievskaya Sloboda, a small tent-roofed temple appeared in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow". It had chapels: in the name of the apostles Peter and Paul and Basil of Paris.
In 1885, the "Exemplary 2-class parish school of St. Cyril and Methodius" was opened at the church. It was a 2-storey brick building. The school appeared thanks to funds allocated by the church charitable and educational organization "The Brotherhood of the Holy Right-Believing Prince Alexander Nevsky".
At the beginning of the 20th century, at the expense of a merchant and the chief manager of a chemical plant A. S. Konovalov, a high bell tower was attached to the church, completed with several kokoshniks and a tent. The project was created by the architect Pyotr Gustavovich Begen.
In 1924, according to the decision of the executive committee, the Church of Sorrow was transferred to the community of believers who supported the ideas of the Renovationist movement in the Russian Orthodox Church.
In the spring of 1935, an agreement was concluded with the Orthodox community of Joseph's orientation, according to which one of the temple chapels was leased. In Orthodoxy at the end of the 1920s, a movement was formed that was called Josephite (after Metropolitan Joseph). Supporters of this trend expressed their refusal to submit administratively to Metropolitan Sergius, who at that time was the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Soon, this community of the Sorrowful Church submitted an application to the city council to accept the church from it, because, due to its own small number, it is not able to maintain the temple and pay taxes.
Even earlier, the Renovationist community stopped its activity. In the summer of 1935, the temple was closed. In 1942, the believers petitioned the regional executive committee to return the church to them, but the request was rejected. In late 1976, the original temple was blown up (shortly before its 100th anniversary).
The temple was restored in 1997-1999 as a courtyard of the Nikolo-Shartom monastery. The author of the project was A. V. Pashkov. The bell tower in its external appearance resembles the previous one, but the church is completed with five domes. The temple area is surrounded by a decorative brick fence with a gate.
