The Church of Nikola Mokrogo, built in Yaroslavl in 1665-1672, is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful religious buildings in the city despite the fact that it is a typical posad church. During its construction, the architects tried to embody the best features of the architectural ensemble from Korovnitskaya Sloboda and the Church of Elijah the Prophet. They did not manage to combine the two into one, but the result was a church unique in its elegance, built with the financial support of local merchants Luzin and Lemin and the townspeople Vymorov and Tarabaev.
The unusual name of the church arose because the area here was damp and marshy. At least that is how one of the most plausible versions sounds.
In the 1670s-1680s, the church was decorated with rich paintings, the authorship of which, alas, is not known for certain. At the same time, elegant tiled window surrounds and clustered columns appeared.
Immediately after the construction of the church was completed, a chapel of Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow, appeared in the tent-roofed annex. A little later, on the opposite side, a chapel of the Great Martyr Barbara arose.
In architectural terms, the Church of Nikola Mokrogo is an unheated four-pillar church without a basement. A single-story gallery encircles the building on three sides.
In 1992, the church was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church and, finally, after more than 60 years of neglect, was restored.
