Slightly higher Tolchkovskaya settlement, on the territory of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery once stood Nikolo-Skovorodki monastery, and next to him was a small village of Melenki. The office received its name in honor previously existing in this territory flour-grinding windmills. It is believed that the name of the monastery comes from an iron skillet or bill, by which the monks notify about the beginning of the service. There are opinions that in the name of the clay soil on which the monastery stood.

The history of the monastery known that in 1609, the monastery was ravaged by the poles, and over 1650-ies when it lived whacky blessed Elijah, who foretold the fire that toppled almost the entire city. In 1660-ies of the monastery was abolished. At this point in 1668 held the Foundation stone of St. Nicholas Church with the chapel of St. Procopius. The consecration of the temple built was in the autumn of 1672. During 1705-1707, produced a wall painting of the Church when a small gang of painters from Yaroslavl. Once all construction work had been completed, another Church was consecrated by St. Dimitri of Rostov Metropolitan.

Until today came to us satin corporal, donated by St. Demetrius. One of the most important religious icons became the icon of St. Nicholas, in the summer the Church – she was able to survive in a devastating fire and was left completely untouched by fire. Many parishioners venerated this icon as miraculous. In addition to this, there were two icons: the mother of God "the Blessed Womb" and "Joy of All who sorrow".

In the middle of 1683 was completed warm stone domed Church of the assumption of our lady, which in 1885 was a chapel, which was consecrated in honor of the icon "Joy of All who sorrow".

It is important to note that the permanent benefactors and donors of the Church were rich merchants by name Kartinkin. Since the 17th century, when the Nicholas-Melnicoe Church ever conducted a small Obituary, which was used to record the most important and significant events in the life of Yaroslavl, but also in the whole country. The Obituary also mentioned the names to be commemorated, which was recorded in it during three centuries. In 1908, this source was published by father Demetrios Baptist that presented considerable relevance for the entire Yaroslavl, because it was possible to restore all that has happened year after year, especially remember those or other events.

In the 1890s, the Great partnership of the Yaroslavl factory decided to build an entirely new Church, but his tab was only in the summer of 1904. The temple project was designed by the famous academician of architecture named Vasil'ev A. I. the Church was only completed in 1908 – just in time for the 50th anniversary of the factory, which was a sign of expressing genuine gratitude to the Lord for its fruitful existence.

In the autumn of 1908 the Church was consecrated in the opening ceremony. In the Church there were three altars, one of which is main – consecrated in honor of John the faster, and the other two side altars in honor of Andrew of Crete, and the Archangel Michael. These saints were chosen as the saints of thrones, because they were the namesake founders of the partnership BY. The temple was built on allocated funds Andrey Alexandrovich and Ivan Andreevich Kartinkin and Gabriel M. Igumnov. The temple could accommodate about three thousand people.

In the parish were three schools: class of 450 students, parochial, accommodating 120 students and school dedicated to literacy for 240 students. The parish was influenced Predtechenskii temperance society, the meetings of which were sometimes held in the theater hall BAM.

Nicholas Church had a chapel, located on Broad street workers and built in memory of the recovery of the population of the factory from a cholera epidemic in 1892. In 1939, the bell tower was demolished and closed in the years of Soviet power the Church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1995.