One of the famous tourist route around Moscow is known as "The Golden Ring". This route includes the ancient Russian towns of Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov Velikiy, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Suzdal and Vladimir.
They are realy gold because of their role in the development of Russia as a whole state. They survived during the most difficult historical periods of the country. They were conquered by Mongol hords, treacherous neighbors and Polish invaders. They were burnt to ashes but rose up illustrating the strong will of the Russian peopleand their faith. These are the pictures of the main Russian Monastery - The Lavra - which is in Sergiev Posad. Among the treasures of the Lavra is the famous icon, "The Trinity", by Andrei Rublev. A lot of pilgrims visit Lavra during a whole year. This is a fine example of a working Orthodox monastery where the services didn't stop even in the Soviet period of militant atheism.
Those who have visited the Monastery could confirm that in reality it is more beautiful and magestic than on the photo.
2 comments:
I'd really love to visit that part of Russian one day. I think I told you that my grandfather's family came from Kostroma. I'd be interested in seeing where they used to live!
It seems like in those periods, many kings or rulers prefered gold metals to build different monuments. The tomb is very nice. Do you know Yulia, why the present day rulers are not using gold? Couldn't we get those days one more time to build everything with gold?
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