{"id":5026,"date":"2016-08-07T15:27:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T22:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/?p=5026"},"modified":"2019-08-26T08:26:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:26:06","slug":"8-facts-about-sergiev-posad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/8-facts-about-sergiev-posad","title":{"rendered":"8 Facts about Sergiev Posad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They say you will never really understand Russia until you&#8217;ve been to a small Russian town. If you can, <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/moscow\/tours\/golden-ring-tour\">visit\u00a0Sergiev Posad<\/a>, which is one of\u00a0the most historical and cultural towns of Russia. Explore <strong>8 Facts about Sergiev Posad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sergiev Posad is included into the list of <em>Golden Ring cities<\/em> and towns and is the closest to Moscow of all of them. It is famous for its religious meaning given to it by <em>Saint Sergius Holy Trinity Lavra<\/em>. Around 100 thousand people live in the town. Annually this place is visited by thousands of pilgrims and tourists; each of them wants to feel\u00a0the sacredness of the functioning convent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_16773\"  width=\"1070\" height=\"602\"  data-origwidth=\"1070\" data-origheight=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/neJ7gKuGQuk?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All good things start with a list, so here is a list of facts that might motivate you to add<strong> Sergiev Posad to your bucket list <\/strong>from our <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/moscow\/guides\">Moscow guide<\/a> Angelina<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Lavra<\/em> is a common name, which means a religious place or a convent of a special meaning, open to tourists and ordinary people as well.<\/li>\n<li><em>Saint Sergius Holy Trinity Lavra<\/em> is one of two larvas on the territory of Russia and one of five larvas in Russia and Ukraine. The rest are Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra in Kiev, Holy Dormition Pochajiv Lavra in Pochajiv and the Holy Mountains Lavra in Svyatogorsk.<\/li>\n<li><em>Ivan the Terrible<\/em> was baptised in this Lavra. At that time baptism could be compared to having passports nowadays &#8211; every person had to be baptised right after birth. It guaranteed protection by an angel throughout the life.<\/li>\n<li><em>Life of a tsar<\/em>, and Ivan the Terrible wasn\u2019t an exception, was quite transparent for people. Tsar and Tsarina lived in separated palaces and when a tsar went to visit a tsarina a bell started ringing and people started praying for a birth of an heir.<\/li>\n<li>The theological seminary on the territory of the convent was built due to the order of <em>Peter the Great<\/em> after he had been twice protected by the monks of Lavra. There was a riot when he was 9 and a plot against him when he was 17. He was chased by sharpshooters and the monks saved him behind the walls of the monastery and didn&#8217;t let the riot leaders kill or even catch him.<\/li>\n<li>The Lavra is titled after a saint\u00a0<em>St. Sergius<\/em>, called Bartholomey before he was baptized. He was born in the city of Rostov in a religious family, he attended messes but couldn&#8217;t read, this fact upset him, particularly because he couldn&#8217;t read the Bible. Once he was shepherding horses and saw an old man, who gave him a piece of holy bread. Since then he started reading, which motivated him to leave his hometown after his parents died \u00a0and build a tiny wooden church, which later became Lavra.<\/li>\n<li><em>St. Sergius of Radonezh<\/em> became the saint when he was still alive. He played a huge role in politics. That was St. Sergius who blessed the-then duke Dmitry Donskoy before one of the most important battles throughout the history of the Russian nation &#8211; the battle over Tatar-Mongols on the Kulikov field, which ended successfully for the Russian side. He is also the patron saint of all who study.<\/li>\n<li>A number of paintings are dedicated to the personality of St Sergius. The miracle mentioned before is depicted on a famous painting &#8220;A miracle to a child Bartholomey&#8221; by Nesterov, which is now kept in <em>Tretyakov gallery<\/em>. Also, the gates to Lavra are painted with different stories from the life of St Sergius. The most famous painting contains an image of a bear and St Sergius giving a piece of bread to the bear, which is the most recognizable topic of his life.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"attachment_5027\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5027\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5027\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sergiev_posad_1.jpg\" alt=\"Travel Russia to Golden Ring, Sergiev Posad\" width=\"1000\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sergiev_posad_1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sergiev_posad_1-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sergiev_posad_1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sergiev_posad_1-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sergiev_posad_1-600x436.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sergiev Posad, Golden Ring of Russia. 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