The Mykola Naberezhny Church one of the churches of Kiev Podol, dedicated to Saint Nicholas. This temple is one of those masterpieces, which made the hand famous architect Ivan Hryhorovych-Barsky. The Church of St. Nicholas Naberezhny made in the typical style of the Cossack temple, which combined features of the Ukrainian Baroque and classicism. The only thing which lubricates the impression of the temple is the bell tower, erected by popular St. Petersburg sample, and therefore unremarkable.

The temple is known since the ELEVENTH century, however, the first accurate records of it date back to the year 1543. In the XVII century, the temple was burned and in its place erected a new Church, also made of wood. The modern Church of St. Nicholas Naberezhny appeared in 1775. Just near the place where once stood her predecessor. A model for the new buildings was the Church of the Three hierarchs of the mudslide Lemeshi, in addition, the Church was painted original paintings. However, during the Kiev fire of 1811 the Church was badly damaged by fire, and the painting of the XVIII century was destroyed. For this reason, in the 30-ies of the XIX century had to re-paint the Church. The final design of the interior of the temple occurred in the 50-ies, when it appeared carved iconostasis extant. Performed later paintings were done by artists who have not had adequate training, so they are not considered valuable. The main masterpiece of the Church of St. Nicholas Naberezhny is considered the icon of St. Nicholas of Myra, written in the first half of the seventeenth century.

Until the 60-ies of XX century this temple was only acting on the hem, but during one of the persecutions and closed it. In 1992 he was again transferred to believers. Today the Church belongs to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.