Nicholas Church in Zhihore erected in 1747 at the expense of and with the support of Colonel AP Shcherbinina. Alas, a modest wooden structure with a bell tower did not come to the present day because of the fire.

Construction Nicholas Church with a single throne was launched in 1890. It also opened a parish school. Beginning of the last century it was very favorable for the arrival of the temple, as in 1904, says the reference book of the diocese of Kharkiv. It is information that the temple has a large economy, so the restoration of the church was fully secured.

After the Bolsheviks came to power more than once the temple was closed, and then revived. Soviet times, the church has brought ruin. Officially robbery explained the withdrawal of values ​​in favor of starving. From the magnificent stone buildings with crosses, bells and belfry remains little - a stone box, more like a "civil" building. During perestroika first attempts were made to revive the temple shortly before the building of the religious community returned. But all the efforts have sunk into oblivion.

Help and consent of the executive committee Chernozavodskogo not. In the end, the appointment of the rector archpriest Roman Merman in 1994 moved the business off the ground. Roman's father worked tirelessly allowed the revival of the church ruins. In the decade before his death, he fought for the right of St. Nicholas Church there. And now, today, at the outskirts of the city, decorated with crosses, ascended to heaven, the church appears suddenly before the eyes, bewitching each its special silhouette and original configuration makovok. Aiming upward, he attracts the attention of peculiar architecture and charms golden glow and bright azure domes.