Monument to Sergius of Radonezh

A monument to one of the most glorified by the Russian Church to St. Sergius of Radonezh was erected in front of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in the center of Sergiev Posad, Moscow region.

The saint blesses the parishioners, in his left hand is a scroll with a list of rules for monastic life. St. Sergius is the founder of the foundations of the monastic dormitory, operating to the present day. It was he who introduced the cohabitation of monks and the management of common households, divided monasteries into male and female.

The bronze monument was created jointly by the Russian Orthodox Church, the administration of the Sergiev-Posad district and the Government of the Moscow region. The author of the monument is the Honored Artist of Russia, sculptor V.A. Chuharkin.