• ST.ANDREI RUBLEV: THE MAN & HIS ART
• THE LIFE OF ST. ANDREI RUBLEV
• ST. ANDREI RUBLEV & HIS EPOCH
• ST. SERJUS OF RADONEZH AND HIS MONASTERY
• THE ART OF ST. ANDREI RUBLEV
• SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES ABOUT ST. ANDREI RUBLEV'S ART

ST. SERJUS OF RADONEZH AND HIS MONASTERY

St.Sergius of Radonezh and his monastery
(Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra.)

Monastery, Rublev was doubtlessly a follower of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1314-1392), who was the founder of the monastery and was in many ways considered the leader of the 14th century spiritual and political revival.

The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (Russian: Троице-Сергиева Лавра) is the most important Russian monastery and the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery is situated in the town of Sergiev Posad, about 90 km to the north-east from Moscow by the road leading to Yaroslavl.

The monastery was founded in 1345 by one of the most venerated Russian saints, Sergius of Radonezh, who built a wooden church in honour of the Holy Trinity at the Makovets Hill. Early development of the monastic community is well documented in contemporary lives of Sergius and his disciples.

Traditionally on the 4th (17th) of July, St. Andrei of Crete day, a prayer in memory of St. Andrei was serviced in the Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery.

(Credits:
the text is loosely based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troitse-Sergiyeva_Lavra. In some places, text was either changed or rearranged.)