Three versts from the Solotchinsky Nativity of the Mother of God Monastery, the wife of the Grand Duke of Ryazan, Oleg Ivanovich, Euphrosinia, founded the Zachatyevskaya Monastery. Here she took monastic vows under the name Evpraksia and passed away three years after her husband's death. The women's Zachatyevsky Monastery existed until 1682, when it was abolished due to riverbank erosion. The inhabitants were relocated to the Agrafenina Desert, and only a wooden church, known as the Zachatyevskaya, remained at the site of the monastery in Solotchi. In 1771, construction began on a new wooden church with a Nikolsky chapel and a bell tower, completed in 1783. Over time, the church fell into disrepair, and in 1843, a new stone church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God began to be built on its site, using stones from the dismantled Alexeyevsky Church of the Solotchinsky Monastery. The construction lasted fifteen years, and in 1858, the bell tower was erected. The church was fitted with two chapels, Nikolsky and Alexeyevsky, and the iconostases and kokoshniks were gilded. The walls were painted by the Ryazan icon painter Nikolai Vasilyevich Shumov. The great consecration of the church took place in 1859. The building was constructed in a style transitioning from late classicism to eclecticism. After the 1917 revolution, the church faced a tragic fate. In 1937, it was closed, the archives were destroyed, and the church was demolished. The bell tower was burned and collapsed towards the river. Eyewitnesses recalled that the fall was accompanied by a loud crash. In 1951, attempts were made to adapt the building for a school, but the project was rejected. Later, the surviving part was used as a grain storage facility, a diesel installation, and a collection point for glass containers and waste paper. Because of this, the church deteriorated, and by the end of the 1990s, almost nothing remained of it. In 1989, the Kazan Church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. The first services were held in a chapel at the cemetery. In 1990, the restored part of the church was consecrated, in 2000, the refectory was completed, and in 2004, the missing building was finished. In 2005, a dome and crosses were installed, and in 2006, the floors, walls, and windows were renovated. Bells, donated by benefactors, reappeared on the bell tower. Next to the church, a monument to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker was erected. He is depicted standing on a globe, with the pedestal adorned with bas-reliefs. The history of the monument is noteworthy: in 2000, a monument to Saint Nicholas was installed in Myra of Lycia, but four years later, it was dismantled and replaced with a plastic Santa Claus. One of the Ryazan residents, upon seeing this, suggested to sculptor Raisa Lysenina to recreate the monument in Ryazan. In 2006, it was installed and consecrated by Archbishop Pavel. Unlike the wooden Turkish monument, the Ryazan monument is made of bronze and looks harmonious in this land, where Saint Nicholas is so revered.
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