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The Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" on Dmitrovka is one of the most beautiful churches in the city of Ivanovo.

In the 28th year of the 19th century, Dmitrievskaya Sloboda (Dmitrovka) was formed on the edge of the village of Ivanovo, when the Kornoukhov brothers, who traded in paints and mosquito goods, acquired a large plot of land from Count Vorontsov and built the first house on it ... After 10 years, the Polushins and Zubkovs settled on the land of the Kornoukhovs and built chintz factories. At the same time, the Lepeshkin chemical plant was formed.

In 1879, on the initiative of the merchants E.V. Menshikov and N.V. Lepeshkin in Dmitrievskaya Sloboda, a small tent-roofed temple appeared in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow". It had side-altars: in the name of the apostles Peter and Paul and Basil of Pari.

In 1885, the "Exemplary 2-class parish school of St. Cyril and Methodius" was opened at the church. It was a 2-storey brick building. The school appeared thanks to funds allocated by the church charitable and educational organization "Brotherhood of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky".

At the beginning of the XX century, at the expense of the merchant and the chief manager of the chemical plant A.S. Konovalov, a high bell tower was added to the church, completed with several kokoshniks and a tent. The project was created by the architect Pyotr Gustavovich Begen.

In 1924, according to the decision of the provincial executive committee, the Sorrowful Church was transferred to the community of believers supporting the ideas of the Renovationist movement in the Russian Orthodox Church.

In the spring of 1935, an agreement was signed with the Orthodox community of Joseph's orientation, according to which one of the temple chapels was leased. In Orthodoxy at the end of the 1920s, a movement was formed that was called Josephite (named after Metropolitan Joseph). Supporters of this trend expressed their refusal to submit administratively to Metropolitan Sergius, who at that time was the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Soon, this congregation of the Church of Sorrows submitted an application to the city council to accept the church from it, because, due to its small number, it is not able to maintain the temple and pay taxes.

Even earlier, the Renovationist community stopped its activities. In the summer of 1935, the temple was closed. In 1942, believers petitioned the regional executive committee to return the church to them, but the request was rejected. In late 1976, the original temple was blown up (shortly before its 100th anniversary).

The temple was restored in 1997-1999 as a courtyard of the Nikolo-Shartom monastery. The author of the project was A.V. Pashkov. The bell tower in its external appearance resembles the previous one, but the church is completed with five domes. The temple area is surrounded by a decorative brick fence with a gate.

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