🏛 Church of St Nicholas in Khamovniki

A five-domed 17th-century church painted in green, red and white, with a tall tent-roofed bell tower.

The church was built in 1679–1682 with funds from parishioners, the weavers of the royal Khamovnaya settlement.
It is a five-domed church in the uzorochye (ornate) style, with green tiles and red-and-green painted window frames.
Its tent-roofed bell tower is one of the tallest in Moscow.
Leo Tolstoy, who lived nearby in Khamovniki, was a parishioner.
The church was not closed in Soviet times: Archpriest Pavel Lepyokhin served here for almost half a century, from 1912 to 1960.
The main shrine is the miracle-working icon of the Mother of God "Helper of Sinners".

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