favor, such a sign of god's favor was the return of the icon of the holy trinity to the trinity cathedral of the trinity lavra of st. sergius. this is an outstanding work of icon painting. as art historians say, but it was such a visible expression of the mystery of the holy trinity, which was difficult to simply imagine, so that someone could depict it, and st. andrew depicted it in no way, without destroying it, this is the greatest in its power... the meaning of the mystery of the one god in three persons revealed. and so we know, this is an icon of the holy trinity, its original was removed from the building of the lavra of st. sergius and placed in the tretyakov gallery. but i remember the helpless years during which the a significant part of my life, when every time we visited the tretyakov gallery, we tried to come to the hall where the holy trinity was located to pray before this great shrine of the russian land. but today i have the opportunity to give an exact copy of the holy trinity icon here to the solovetsky monastery. and what kind of copy is this? not a simple one. when the miraculous image was removed from

quite recently , andrei rublev's masterpiece, the icon of the holy trinity, returned to the lavra of st. sergius of radonish, where the abbot of the russian land blessed prince dmitry donskoy on victorious battle of kulikovo, to bow to the great shrine of iraq with the relics of the founder of the monastery came president vladimir putin. all russian gate images were of a defensive nature, guarding the country along the perimeter, from the east, south, north and west, their location above the defensive towers had a deep meaning. you are cute. accordingly, each of the towers of this fortification structure, the outpost of our state, the same outpost is the pskov-pecharsky monastery, the westernmost borders, which are connected with centuries-old events, the offensive from our, let's say, unfriendly countries, the heroic defense of our state, our fatherland, the security communications of the pskov land. the precise strokes of the image of the kazan mother of god with angels on the inside of the nikolskaya tower helped to recreate archival photographs. and this is one of the early images of the kre

information for researchers. countries quite recently masterpiece of andrei rublev icon holy trinity returned to the lavra of st. sergius of radonish, where the abbot of the russian land blessed prince dmitry donskoy for the victorious battle of kulikovo, to bow to the great shrine of iraq with the relics of the founder of the monastery president vladimir putin came. this cave was built by god. the dreupsk-pechersk monastery is guarded by saints and saints who rest in underground caves. and we will create an eternal ha. the same outpost is the mskovo-pechersky monastery, the westernmost borders, which are connected with centuries-old events, the offensive from our, let's say, unfriendly countries, the heroic defense of our state, our fatherland. the protective connection of the kskov land, it probably echoes in these courtyard icons, which are in the pechersky monastery, in the moscow kremlin. the precise strokes of the image of the kazan mother of god with angels on the inner side of the nikolskaya tower helped to recreate archival photographs. and this is one of the early images of the kremlin strelnitsa, which... we

quite recently , andrei rublev's masterpiece, the icon of the holy trinity, returned to the lavra of st. sergius of radonish, where the abbot of the russian land blessed prince dmitry donskoy for the victorious battle of kulikovo. president vladimir came to bow to the great shrine of iraq with the relics of the founder of the monastery. from the east, south, north and west, their location above the defensive towers had a deep meaning, and they spread out sweetly, more than 10,000 are buried here, this is a cave. saints and saints, the ancient pskov-pechersk monastery is guarded that rest in the underground caves, we remember all the souls of us, we will make eternal. and in the towers of the monastery there are five gate icons. and here there is a living connection with the moscow kremlin. the fortress walls of the moscow kremlin, they symbolize the borders of the state. accordingly, each of the towers of this fortification structure is an outpost of our state. the same outpost is ... mskovo-pecharsky monastery, the westernmost borders, which are connected with centuries-old events, the offensiv

dormition fast begins, it will last 2 weeks until the dormition of the most holy theotokos. 20 km from the holy trinity lavra of st. sergiuse dormition fast it is especially crowded. we are in the holy spring of st. sergius of radovish, here you can get water and ... nut, such a recharge, what is needed, ahead for the orthodox, one of the strictest fasts - dormition, these two weeks are preparation for the great church holiday, august 28, the dormition of the most holy theotokos, popularly it is also called the theotokos easter, originates from the word to fall asleep or to fall asleep, such was the soft sleep, the transition into eternity of the mother of god, which ... the church in this event on the very first day of the dormition fast falls the holiday: the bringing out of the honest wood of the life-giving cross of the lord. the cross on which the lord jesus christ was crucified was in the treasury of the constantinople emperors. the cross the tree was carried around the city so that people would be healed from various diseases. and now on this day the cross is taken out of the altar to the middle of the temple. every