Чудотворная икона Покровы Богородицы. The miraculous icon of the Intercession of the Virgin.

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At the intersection of the oldest Podolsk streets Pritisko-Nikolskaya and Khoriva. there is the church of Nikola Prtiska with an ancient and complicated history, built at the expense of the merchant Peter, nicknamed the Iron Grosh in 1695-1707 (according to other sources - in 1631) in the Ukrainian baroque style on the site of a former wooden church. The bell tower was built in the Empire style, but with baroque stucco, and its upper tier in the classicist style was completed already in the second half of the 19th century. Here, back in the days of Kievan Rus, there was a church dedicated to St. Nicholas.
The name of the church most likely comes from the word "prityka" (pier). St. Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants and merchants, so it is not surprising that the merchants of Podil built churches dedicated to their saint.
According to another version, the name is associated with a miracle that happened in the church - a thief who tried to get out of the window at night and robbed the church was pressed (pressed) by the window sash (or the icon of St. Nicholas) and was discovered the next morning by the parishioners of the church.
The church burned more than once, in 1983 the dome and part of the wall collapsed. In the Soviet years, a factory was located here, and then a warehouse. After restoration in the early 90s of the last century, it was transferred to the church.
It is very popular among believers - either thanks to the relics of Saints Nicholas and Barbara, which are located here, or the miraculous icon of the Protection of the Virgin, which, they say, helps single girls find a life partner.