The new Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the St. Nicholas Convent delights the eye with its graceful forms and golden domes gleaming in the sun. In its short history, this beautiful church has already become one of the symbols of Pereslavl-Zalessky.
The history of the cathedral, not as a structure but as a place of worship for believers, begins at the end of the 17th century, when a church was built here with funds from the local merchant Obukhov. Originally, it was a magnificent five-domed cathedral with an adjoining tent-roof bell tower, whose construction lasted from 1680 to 1713. In 1923, the convent was disbanded, the church together with the bell tower was blown up, and a livestock farm was located here for several decades.
The construction of the new church began in 1999 and took four years. Financial support for the project was provided by Russian entrepreneur and patron V.I. Tyryshkin.
The building of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker differs greatly in its architectural forms from its original predecessor, which was built in the Baroque style. The design by architect Vyacheslav Izhikov was carried out according to the canons of Old Russian architecture. Some art historians expressed dissatisfaction with the obvious departure from the original 18th-century concept; however, since no drawings of the old church have survived, everything had to be built from scratch. In the end, everyone liked the result, and the church took its rightful place in the complex of the St. Nicholas Monastery.
