Childrens brief biography

It is no coincidence that the temple is erected on the red hill in his honor. According to the church legend, stated in the “Tale of the Mamaev Battle” and the “Life of Sergius of Radonezh”, the Monk Sergius blessed Prince Dmitry Donskoy before his battle with Mamai in the Kulikovo field, gave two monks of Peresvt and Oslyaby, so that they, temporarily leaving monastic vows, take up the sword to protect their fatherland and faith.

During the battle, the Monk Sergius gathered the monastery fraternity and prayed for the victory and the repose of the fallen warriors, calling them by names, and, finally, told the brethren that the enemy was defeated.

Sergius of Radonezh is often called the abbot of the Russian land. It was with St. Sergius that the spiritual revival began, the unification of Rus' after enmity and civil strife. In the difficult years of the Golden Horde yoke, he became the spiritual leader of the country. He used his moral influence to persuade the doubters and opposing the fact that a strong power is required to overthrow the Horde iga, capable of uniting all his strength and leading them to victory.

Being the most popular church figure in North-East Rus' and guided by the will of Metropolitan Alexy, Sergius repeatedly fulfilled his political instructions, Mirril of the princes. Sergius of Radonezh lived a long and righteous life, his non -brief biography is full of vivid events and is closely connected with the history of Rus' and the Russian Orthodox Church.

Sergius of Radonezh was born for about a year in the family of Rostov boyars Kirill and Maria, and was called Bartholomew. The legend says that the young man was drawn to knowledge, but studying at a parish school did not give him any way. And once, looking for lost horses, he saw in the field of an old man who prayed under a lonely oak. The lad approached him for blessing and spoke about his sorrow.

The elder blessed him and said: "From now on, God will let you understand the letter." Indeed, after this brief communication with the Mostble old man, the young man easily mastered the art of reading and plunged into the study of divine books. This episode from the biography of Sergius of Radonezh is well known from the painting by the artist M. Nesterov “Vision of the Pleshok Bartholomew”, which is stored in the Tretyakov Gallery Video the story about the history of the creation of this picture, see in the 7th issue of the program “Tretyakov Gallery.

The story of one masterpiece. " Around the year, the Bartholomew's family moved to the city of Radonezh, whose name after tonsure the lad to the monks firmly entrenched in his name - Sergius from Radonezh, Sergius of Radonezh. The monastic life of St. Sergius began in the year when, together with his brother Stefan, the monk of the Khotkovsky Pokrovsky monastery, they settled in the forest on the hill of Makovets and built a small wooden temple in the name of the Holy Trinity.

This event is considered the date of the founding of the Trinity-Sergius Monastery, the monastery, in which hundreds of people flocked to Sergius of Radonezh, looking for solitude and repose in prayer. Sergius of Radonezh brought up many students who founded dozens of monasteries in different parts of Rus', built temples, gathering supporters of Orthodoxy, a single faith and the country around them.

Sergius of Radonezh is revered by the Russian Orthodox Church in the face of the saints as the Monk, the intercessor of the Russian land, the mentor of the monks, the patron saint of the Russian army and the special patron of children who want success in school teaching. The reverend elder died on September 25 on October 8, and 30 years later, on July 5, on July 18, his relics were incurred incorruptible.

The day of the death of the saint and the day of gaining his relics are especially revered by the Russian Orthodox Church as the days of the memory of the saint. More detailed information about the biography of Sergius of Radonezh can be gleaned in the following publications interesting to both adults and children: 1. Nikon Rozhdestvensky, later the archbishop.

Vologda and Totem. Rev. Sergius of Radonezh - the great ascetic of the Russian land. Aksenova G. Stolyarova, Russia, Borisov S. Sergius of Radonezh. Guard, author of the text: Irina Paramonova, journalist, author of books on the history of Tula.