Church of SS. Boris and Gleb, Borisoglebskaya Church (Kolomna)

25 Bolshaya Zaprudnaya Street, Kolomna.

The Church of SS. Martyrs Boris and Gleb "located behind the Kolomenka River" was mentioned in the 16th-century documents among other city churches.

The church remained wooden till the 17th century.

The funds of well-to-do citizens of Zaprudskaya Village K. Zhitnikov and N. Nabokov were used to build a stone church in 1716–1726.

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a refectory with an altar dedicated to SS. Zechariah and Elisabeth was attached to the Church of SS. Boris and Gleb. Exits were decorated with columns; arched zakomaras (arched gables) were replaced by cornices; four drums were placed around the central dome. The church's sacred object was a full-length icon of the saint brothers framed with a hagiographic edge and dated to the 14th century. Later, it was moved to the State Tretyakov Gallery.

The Russian writer Ivan Lazhechnikov was baptised in the church. In the 20th century, the church was visited by Feodor Chaliapin. Local old-timers remember how strong was his voice. Every time he sang in the church, the oil lamps went out.

Before the church was shut down, the arch-priest Ilia Ostroumov served there. Then the church building was used as repair and storage facilities.

During World War II, tanks were repaired there.

In Soviet times the bell tower was destroyed, the wall-paintings were erased, and a refectory wall was broken through to let vehicles enter. A large floor pit was dug.

When the Church of SS. Boris and Gleb was handed over to the Orthodox community in 1995, it was the most destroyed and damaged one in Kolomna.

In 1995, the restoration was started. A dean was appointed and church services were resumed. A copy of the old icon of SS. Martyrs Boris and Gleb was painted and placed among other Iconostasis icons.

In 2004–2005, the side chapel dedicated to SS. Zechariah and Elisabeth and located in the refectory was plastered. Oversite concrete was laid in the side chapel. Heat-insulated floor was installed. The exterior of the church rectangular was finally finished: it was plastered and painted red, the colour symbolising martyrdom. On 13 May 2007, before Saints Cyril and Methodius Day and the day before Saints Boris and Gleb Day, the restored church's domes (covered with copper sheets) were crowned with gold-plated crosses.

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