Stone building of the church of Nicholas Pritiska built in 1631 by means of Kiev tradesman Peter Grosch Iron in place of wooden church of the same name (in ser.16.). According to folk legend, the name of the church is the icon of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker, which "pritisnula" thief when he tried to rob a church. According to another, more probable explanation, the image of the temple got its name because earlier was on the pier, which is in the 17-18 centuries. called "Prytyka. The current stone church in the style of "Cossack" baroque built no earlier than 1695 in 1934-35. was chair of the last Metropolitan UAOC Ivan Pavlovsky. In June 1935 the church was closed, it was used as a warehouse. Due to rising groundwater levels due to subway construction in 1982, disaster struck: collapsed drum part of the walls and vaults, because of what had to be completely off the dome. Soon, however, the temple rebuilt in the previous form. During restoration work in 1987, it was established that the modern church stands on a foundation of ancient buildings 12-13 cc. Restoration of the monument began in 1977, now transferred to the Church of the UOC-KP, in honor of Igor Pavlovsky a memorial plaque.