Monument to Sergius of Radonezh in Sergiev Posad

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Sergiev Posad is an ancient Russian city, the glory of whose spiritual notions extends all over Russia. One of them is a monument to Sergius of Radonezh established at the entrance to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra created by the Reverend

It is unlikely that anyone had heard of Sergius of Radonezh (the worldly name is Bartholomew) whose date of birth is not known exactly, often varies, but still the scientists converge on May 3, 1314. At the age of seven, Bartholomew was given up for teaching, but the boy was seriously given literacy training, which upset him and his parents. Once Bartholomew met a prophet elder who predicted his success in training and the creation of the Holy Trinity Monastery

On March 18, 2000 the monument was consecrated by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of All Russia.

Approximately in 1328 g . family moves to the city of Radonezh, where the brothers Bartholomew, married, leave their home, and he lives with his parents until their death (about three years), although he has already decided to devote his life to monasticism . Left alone, Bartholomew joins his brother Stefan, who, having lost wife, became a monk in Khotkovo-Pokrovsky monas tyrey . Soon the brothers leave the monastery for seclusion on the bank of the river Konchur and in 1335 g . they build a small wooden church on the Makovets hill in the name of the Holy Trinity . But Stefan leaves his brother in view of the harsh conditions he can not stand, and Bartholomew in 23 years takes tonsure with the name of Sergius .

In 1345, the Trinity-Sergius Monastery was founded in the Radonezh Boron, the conscience and soul of which was Sergius of Radonezh, who himself was an example in everything and, without acknowledging alms, was zealously watching for the monastery to live only by its own works.

Life Sery tions of Radonezh

Father Sergius blessed Dmitry Donskoy in the battle with the Tatars, ended in triumph.

The fame of the monk, the miracles of created them from cure to return to life, and the holy land spread across the state. In the Trinity-Sergius Monastery to the hegumen for blessing, for advice, just to look at him, people went, some of them remained here.

September 25, 1392 Sergius of Radonezh gave his soul to God. Thirty years later his relics were found, and almost half a century later he was ranked as a saint, although believers began to regard him as a saint much earlier.

The idea of creating a monument to Sergius of Radonezh appeared in 1992, the date of the 600th anniversary of his death. It was embodied in the money collected by the people for eight years. A competition of projects took place, in which many works participated, but in 1999 the sketch was won by a sketch of the monument of the Moscow sculptor V. Chukharkin and the chief architect of the Sergiev Posad V. Zhuravlyov. The idea was implemented by Belarusian masters. And already on March 18, 2000 the monument was consecrated by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Russia.

The five-meter bronze sculpture of the founder of the monastery on the holy land was erected on the Red Square near the walls of the monastery. Today, with a blessing finger, Sergius greets us with a blessing on his life in peace, love and harmony, meets a pilgrim at the gate of the monastery in a simple monastic vest, and with his left hand he holds a scroll with the precepts of the monastic life left to his descendants. And at the feet of the monk there are a lot of bouquets of flowers

How to get to the monument to Sergiy Radonezhsky

From the station square walk on Sergievskaya street to Pancake Hill, go down and walk down the underground passage to the monastery where the monument to St. Sergius stands.

Monument to Sergi Radonezhsky in Sergiev Posad