Description of the attraction
The main shrine of the Nikolsko-Khamovnichesky Church is the icon of the Mother of God "The Assistant of Sinners", recognized as miraculous. This image has been kept under the vaults of the church for more than a century and a half. It is a copy of the miraculous icon kept in the Nikolo-Odrinsky Monastery near Orel. The list was made in the middle of the 19th century by the hieromonk of the Nikolo-Odrinsky monastery. At first, the list was kept in the home icon case of Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Boncheskul, but when the icon began to stream myrrh, and the news of miraculous healings spread throughout Moscow, the owner donated the icon to the Nikolo-Khamovnicheskaya Church.
Currently, the temple, located near the Frunzenskaya embankment, is active and has the status of an architectural monument of federal significance.
This Nikolsky temple was built with funds raised by the inhabitants of the weaving settlement. The settlement was named "Khamovniki" because its inhabitants produced, among other things, an inexpensive silk fabric called khamian. The first Nikolskaya Church in Khamovniki existed already at the beginning of the 17th century, but was located a little away from the present temple. In 1657, the temple was already mentioned as a stone one. In its current form, it was built in the 70s-80s of the 17th century, later a refectory and a bell tower were added to the main building.
The appearance and interior of the church were renewed closer to the middle of the 19th century - this happened during the restoration of the building, which was partially destroyed during the Patriotic War of 1812. It was then that wall paintings appeared inside the temple. In the 19th century, among the parishioners of the church was the writer Leo Tolstoy.
In Soviet times, the temple was not closed, on the contrary, in the second half of the last century, restoration work was even carried out twice. In the early 90s, a new bell was erected on the bell tower of St. Nicholas Church, which is considered one of the tallest bell towers in Moscow.
