(Nikolo-Yamskaya) Church of St. Nicholas in Yamskaya Sloboda. Ryazan. /Николо-Ямской храм. Рязань.
According to documents and sources Available at the State archive of the Ryazan region the beginning of the history of St. Nicholas Church in Yamskaya Sloboda was associated with the Church, the people called St. Nicholas the Wet.
For this, began to build a new Nikolo-Yamskaya Church, and was used ... material left from the dilapidated and abolished the stone Church, the former in Vypolzovo settlement, known under the name of St. Nicholas the Wet.
The construction of Nikolo-Yamskaya temple was completed in 1788. In addition to bricks used for construction, from the Church of St. Nicholas the Wet was moved and the iconostasis with all the other belonging. Here was the altar cross, arranged in 1648, and the temple, revered icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
In 1837 Nikolo-Yamskaya Church was extended the aisle part, and in 1845, the newly rebuilt real. The construction of the bell tower, remarkable for its height, refers to 1822. About the bell tower it is possible to tell a separate story, because this makes the Church externally is unique.
From archival documents it is known that the thrones in the temple was four, ...in this cold in the name St. Nicholas; warm: in the aisles: the right – in the name St. Martyr Florus and Laurus, in the left - in the name of Reverend Maron the Wonderworker and in the middle, in the arch over the door to the real Church in the name of the Holy Martyr Gregory of Great Armenia (memory takes place on 30 September). In the temple the icon of St. Nicholas and St. Maroun were the ancient and revered ( priestly for 1901 and 1915).
In 1900 for the clergy of the temple was allowed to organize new niches for the icons on the left side of the refectory on the donated funds, with the addition of 700 roubles of the free Church a sum.
After nearly a year the city Council again to its Resolution of 9 September 1934 confirms its earlier decision and instructs the already in 2 days to take the Church building and Church property according to available inventory. But the struggle for the temple lasted for a whole year, until the Decision of the Central Executive Committee from 25.09.35 informed about the closure of the Church street building.
Use cases churches were few, they did not differ a special variety, Nikolo-Yamskaya Church lucky, not destroyed - the temple was closed and threw it inside the cabbage and other vegetables from the farm.
As the years passed, changing the appearance of the temple changed signs - the signs on the wall about his affiliation to any institution. For a long time, it housed a factory for the production of soft drinks. Inside the temple was converted beyond recognition.
In autumn 1996 it was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Ryazan diocese. Consecrated the temple was already 4 December 1996 by the Archbishop of Ryazan and Kasimov Simon.
The main Shrine of the temple - the Holy relics of blessed Lubov of Ryazan, mastectomy Holy, ardently worshipped by all believers, but especially the people of Ryazan and the image of Nicholas the Wonderworker to which people flock from all corners of the Ryazan land.
Николо-Ямской храм.