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Russia | Moscow | Excursions programs | Sergiev Posad
The history of the city is closed connected with the name of Saint Sergiy Radonezhskiy, who, when he became a monarch, founded The Troitse-Sergiev monastery. Today it is an active monastery.
Sergievo-Posadskaya Lavra-is the religious center of Russian Orthodox Church, one of the residences of Patriarch of all Russia.
Architectural ensemble of 15-19 centuries personify all periods of development of Russian church architecture. In the museum you can see the richest collection of icons, and also rare examples of folk art and Russian national clothes.
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