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The main gate  
   

The main gate

Icons, incense and introductions.

August 14th 2013
Geo: 55.75, 37.62We headed out of the city today for the second excursion offered to us free of charge. This was to the town of Sergei-Passad where the Trinity Monastery of St Sergius is located.As we travelled there we realised that this was the same place we had come to in 2008 only then we were told it was called Zygorsk. However, that time it was pouring rain and we had to fend for ourselves ... read more
Europe » Russia

Russian Flag Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more
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