The Church of the Icon of the Mother of God of All Who Sorrow is also known as the Sorrowful Church and is an Orthodox temple in Nizhny Novgorod. Before the revolution, it served as a chapel for the Martynov Hospital.

On August 22, 1894, the solemn laying of the church and the consecration of the site for its construction took place. The date was chosen in memory of Alexander II's visit to Nizhny Novgorod and his visit to the hospital. The laying was led by Bishops Vladimir Nikolsky and Alexius. After the death of architect V.N. Bryukhatov on August 25, construction was led by Alexander Nikolayevich Nikitin. In the autumn of 1894, the foundation was laid, and in the spring of the following year, the building began to rise. Funding was provided through private donations. In the 19th century, the hospital and the church were visited twice by members of the Imperial House of Romanov.

On August 22, 1858, Alexander II prayed in the church, and on August 17, 1866, he was visited by the future Emperor Alexander III and his brother Vladimir. The consecration of the church took place on August 4, 1896, by Bishop Vladimir. Nizhny Novgorod clergy attended the ceremony, including Archpriest Alexander Krylov and others. In October 1896, it was reported that the lower church in the crypt was ready, which was planned to be consecrated in honor of the Holy Prophet Daniel on November 3. The church in the crypt was conceived as a burial place and consecrated in memory of Daniel Gorbunov. The decoration used a carved iconostasis from the old church, and the icons were painted anew.

Since 1896, services were held in the church on Sundays and holidays. The parish included residents of nearby houses and hospital staff. From the autumn of 1913, the church elder was Major General Mikhail Petrovich Danilov. During World War I, the hospital housed a military hospital.

With the arrival of Soviet power, on June 28, 1920, the church was closed by order of the Nizhny Novgorod Department of Justice. Despite the efforts of believers and doctors, on June 28, 1921, the decision to close was confirmed. In the spring of 1922, services resumed, but only in the main room of the church. The new rector was Priest Pavel Korinthsky. The exact date of the church's final closure is unknown, but it likely occurred in the 1930s.

The building was used as a warehouse, and during the Great Patriotic War, as a morgue and pharmacy warehouse. In 1965, it was transferred to the Semashko Regional Hospital for the placement of a radiology office. Internal and external changes greatly altered the appearance of the church. In 1974, the building was transferred to the Scientific Research Radio Physics Institute and then to the Institute of Applied Physics. In 1988, the building was handed over to the City Department of Culture, where a museum of P.N. Nesterov was planned, but the premises were rented to a medical institute.

Until the mid-1990s, the hospital buildings were used for their intended purpose, and in the 1980s, a park with a monument to Nesterov was created in their place. In 1990, a restoration project for the church was developed. In the summer of 1993, the building was transferred to the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese. The first rector was Priest Igor Pchelintsev. Restoration work was carried out by the parish community under the guidance of Archpriest Viktor Sidiakin. In December 1994, services resumed in the lower floor of the church. On September 24, 2005, Metropolitan Georgiy consecrated the revived church. On October 23, 2005, Priest Alexey Pimonov became the rector. From February 14, 2007, to August 2012, the parish was led by Archpriest Mikhail Zazvonov, who organized the volunteer movement 'Mercy.'