It is no accident that the place on the pier, near the moorings was the spot chosen for the Nicholas-the-Miracle-Worker church: this saint has always been reputed in the North to be a protector of sailors. Today, the Saint Nicholas church is a parish church, originally it was a part of the Nicholo-Korelsky friary which was situated in that place since the end of the 16^th century. Until the beginning of the 20^th century the old building of the Nicholas church had fallen into disrepair. An architect N/A/ Karetnikov became the author of a new church project. In the autumn  of 1904, the main altar was consecrated in honor of Nicholas-the-Miracle-Worker.
      The church is not big: a single-story building with a gold-plated top and a little hipped roof bell tower above an entrance. However it is very ornate: it has white facades, and decorative details of bright colors pleasing to the eye. Saint Nicholas church has one other special feature: the altar faces not to the east as is customary, but to the south, because the architect had to incorporate his new church into the perimeter of the Nikolo-Korelsky friary buildings. 

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