Undoubtedly, the most outstanding establisher of the truly selfless “life equal to the angels” in fourteenth century Russia is St. Bergius of Radonezh, the founder of the famous Holy Trinity-St.

This is a fine example of a working Orthodox monastery ... The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, “the pearl” of the Russian church architecture, was founded in the first half of the 14th century (1337) by ...

The name St. Sergius of Radonezh reminds us of the heights to which our (Russian ... St. Sergius finds himself faced with the necessity of building a coenobitic monastery. He is most burdened by the ...