Postcard
The Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius is the spiritual
centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery is situated in the town of
Sergiyev Posad, about 90 km from Moscow.
The monastery was founded in 1345 by St. Sergius
of Radonezh, a highly revered monk and the patron saint of Russia. The
monastery started as a simple wooden church in an isolated area, but soon grew
much larger.
0 comments:
Post a Comment