In the church of St.. Nicholas, who suffered from a fire in the fall of 2021 and has not yet been fully restored, on February 26, at the initiative of the Roman Catholic Church, a heating point was opened.

The heating point was placed in the basement of the church, which can also serve as a shelter. It will be open daily from 14:00 to 18:00.

For this, parishioners and priests worked for several months to prevent the destruction of this building due to groundwater flowing under the church from Cherepanova Gora due to poor drainage. Now the basement of the church has been put in order and equipped with everything necessary to support the people of Kiev. In particular, for the operation of the heating point in the lower part of the temple, heating devices were connected, a reserve of drinking water was organized, and toilets were equipped..

Also in the basement of the church twice a week at 16:30 for those in need there is an opportunity to eat borscht and drink hot tea.

During the consecration of the heating point by Vitaliy Krivitsky, Bishop of the Kyiv-Zhytomyr Diocese, a photo exhibition about the activities of the parish during the full-scale invasion was also opened on the premises, which can be visited until March 19.

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Recall that on September 3, 2021, a fire broke out in the Church of St. Nicholas. After the fire was extinguished, it became known that a short circuit had occurred in the organ of the church, which led to a fire and the complete destruction of the instrument..

After a public outcry, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmihal on September 10, 2021 signed an order on the preparation of the transfer of the Church of St. Nicholas to the Roman Catholic community.

At the same time, the temple building has not yet been repaired after the fire.. According to the lawyer Masi Naem, the contracting organization that carried out work in the church of St..

Nicholas in Kyiv after the fire, does not get in touch after receiving most of the funds.

The temple was built in 1899-1909 in the Neo-Gothic style by the Kyiv architect Vladislav Gorodetsky according to the project of S.. Valovsky. In 1936, the church of St. Nicholas was closed by the Soviet authorities, since that time the building has been used as a utility room. In 1978, by order of the former Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, the building of the church was given to the House of Organ Music.