Zagorsk

P-000 The ensemble of the Holy Trinity-St Sergius Lavra (Trinity-Sergius Monastery 聖三一修道院) in Sergiev Posad (Zagorsk), an outstanding example of 14th-18th century...

P-001 Holy Trinity Lavra, or Trinity-Sergius Monastery, is the most important monastery in Russia and the spiritual center of Russian Orthodox Christianity.

P-002 The Trinity-Sergius Monastery was founded in 1330s by monk Sergius, who was born a son of wealthy Rostov boyars.

P-004 The whole complex, with its outbuildings, was enclosed within a wooden palisade. Rebuilt by Nikon, Sergius successor, church was consecrated in 1412.

P-005 Sergius was canonized in 1422 and declared the patron saint of the country, This coincided with the erection of the first stone building at the monastery,...

P-006 Holy Trinity Cathedral 聖三一教堂 (Troitsky sobor), at the heart of Holy Trinity Lavra, distinguished by its gleaming-white exterior topped with gold domes.

P-007 Trinity Cathedral is a four-pillar single-domed church with three apses, with The Nikon annex is a single-domed and single-apse church with a square plan.

P-008 The holy relics of St. Sergius were discovered during the construction of the Trinity Cathedral.

P-009 The famous icon painters of medieval Russia, Andrei Rublev and Daniil Chernyi, were commissioned by St. Nikon to decorate the cathedral with frescoes.

P-013 The brothers chose to found their hermitage in a clearing surrounded by thick forest on a low hilll..

P-014 They built for themselves a cell and a small church, which they dedicated to the Lifegiving Trinity.. that was the birth of the monastery...

P-016 For about two years Bartholomew remained alone in the desert, and in silence and prayer he prepared himself for his monastic vows..