Church of St. Nicholas on a stone fence an Orthodox Old Believer church in Pskov is a cultural and historical monument of federal significance.

The church was built of limestone with lime mortar. Temple - single-headed, with light drum has no pillars. Church bushel is almost square (length - 5, 8 meters, width - 5, 3 meters) in the chancel of the apse it is joined by the semi-cylindrical type. The vestibule (length - 5, 4 meters, width - 4, 1 meter) to the temple is flanked on the west side. Under the porch and the church is podtserkove with 2 rooms, overlapped Korobov vault. Log in here can be the northern part of the apse. The decoration shown blades connected at the top of lobed arches; vanes divide the facades of the church into 3 parts. On the drum there is a pattern of rows and beguntsa curb, it preserved ancient slit windows.

In ancient times, the church belonged to the monastery Nikolsky Kamennogradskomu, which was first mentioned in the documents of XIV-XV centuries. In addition, there are chronicles of the monastery in 1453 for information. In the sixteenth century monastery is located is listed on the Riga road called "stone wall". Presumably, at this time, and the temple was erected. In the ancient district of Pskov - Zavelich'e - I had no fortifications, and so Monastery, located near the main road on the outskirts of the city, in the early XVII century, endured many disasters and destruction of the Lithuanian and Swedish armies.

In 1682, an attempt was made to restore the monastery at the expense of the local suburban man - Vasily Kolyagin. In 1745 Nicholas Monastery of the 32 parish court. In 1753, the church became dilapidated. At the time, he was stone, with a porch, covered with planks to a wooden head, studded with scales. The bell tower was also built of stone, it had 4 small copper bells. The iconostasis was 4 tiers.

In 1764 the monastery was abolished Nikologradsky and the church handed over the parish. 22 years later, the church of St. Nicholas from the stone fence was attributed to Paromouspenskomu temple. By the beginning of XIX century the temple became dilapidated. At the same time the porch was built of wood, vosmiskatnaya roof replaced by a hipped, window openings were enlarged southern and northern walls, in the apse made slit windows, and the main doorway and laid rastesany. In 1888, repairs were carried out, after which the porch were hung two small bells.

After the revolution Nikologradskaya church was placed under state protection, in addition, funds were allocated for its repair. Before World War II the temple was used as a storage room. In 1947 the church was transferred to the Old Believer community the Pomeranian consent. In 1960 the temple was taken under state protection as a monument of national importance. For a long time, from 1947 to 1987, teacher community, numbering about 300 believers, was the father Makarios Aristarkhovich Epifanov. He was well known not only in Pskov, but throughout the north-western part of Russia and in the Baltic States. Father Makarios led the community until his death on February 26, 1987; buried in the cemetery near the village of Old Believers Berdova (of the Cross). After his death until today in the community do not have a mentor. Sometimes, at the invitation of St. Petersburg comes to Father Vladimir Shamarin from the temple on a fishing cemetery and others.

The parishioners of the community are about 400 residents of Pskov and its suburbs. Pomeranian community also operates in the city of Pskov region Nevel.