Church of St. Nicholas from the Stone fences Photo: Church of St. Nicholas from the Stone fences

Church of St. Nicholas from the Stone fence is an Orthodox old believer Church in Pskov, is a historical and cultural monument of Federal significance.

The Church is built of limestone with lime mortar. The temple is domed, with a light drum, has no pillars. Church quadrangle has an almost square shape (length – 5, 8 meters, width – 5, 3 yards), in the chancel is joined by a semi-cylindrical apse. Porch (length – 5, 4 meters, width – 4, 1 m) is adjacent to the temple from the West side. Under the vestibule and the temple is the lower tier, with 2 spaces, covered with torispherical vaults. To enter here, together with the Northern part of the apse. The decoration presents blades connected at the top of lobed arches; the vanes divide the facades into 3 parts. The drum has a pattern of rows of bagonza and the curb, on ancient slit-like window openings.

In ancient times, the Church belonged to St. Nicholas Kamenogradsky the monastery, which was first mentioned in documents of the fourteenth and FIFTEENTH centuries. In addition, the monastery there are annalistic information for 1453. In the SIXTEENTH century the monastery is located on the Riga road called "stone fence". Presumably, at this time, and a Church was built. In ancient times the area of Pskov – savelife – had no fortifications, and so the monastery, located near the big road on the outskirts of the city, in the early seventeenth century has undergone many disasters and destruction from the Lithuanian and Swedish armies.

In 1682, an attempt was made to restore the monastery by means of a local of suburban man – Vasily Kulagina. In 1745 at St. Nicholas monastery included 32 of the parish yard. In 1753, the Church became dilapidated. At the time, he was stone, with a nave, covered with boards with a wooden head, covered with scales. The bell tower was also built of stone, had 4 small bells made of copper. The iconostasis was 4 tiers.

In 1764 Nikolovski the monastery was abolished, and the Church was given to the parish. After 22 years, Church of St. Nicholas from the Stone fence was assigned to Promosponsor the temple. By the early nineteenth century, the temple became dilapidated. In the same time the porch was built of wood, velmiskina roof replaced with hipped, were enlarged window openings North and South walls, the apse is made of slatted Windows and the main doorway ratesan and laid. In 1888, had been repaired, after which the porches were hanged 2 small bells.

After the revolution Nikolovska the Church was taken under the state protection, in addition, funds have been allocated for its repair. Before the Second World war the Church was used as a storage room. In 1947 the Church was transferred to the Pomorian old believers ' community consent. In 1960 the Church was taken under state protection as a monument of national importance. For a very long time, from 1947 to 1987, the mentor of the community, numbering about 300 of the faithful, was the father of Macarius Aristarkhova Epifanov. He was well known not only in Pskov, but throughout the North-Western part of Russia and in the Baltic States. Father Makarios led the community until his death on February 26, 1987; buried in old believers ' cemetery near the village Berdosa (Crosses). After his death until the present time in the community, not his mentor. Sometimes at the invitation of St. Petersburg comes father Mr Shamarin from the temple on a Fishing cemetery and others.

The parishioners of the community are around 400 inhabitants of Pskov and its suburbs. Pomorian community also operates in the city of Nevel, Pskov region.

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