Location Sergiyev Posad Denomination Russian Orthodox Relics held Sergius of Radonezh | Country Russia Cult(s) present Sergius of Radonezh Status Cathedral | |
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Website www.stsl.ru/about_lavra/all/troitskiy-sobor/ Similar Trinity Lavra of St Sergius, Dormition Cathedral - Vladimir, Dormition Cathedral - Moscow, Ipatievsky Monastery, Andronikov Monastery | ||
The Trinity Cathedral (Russian: Тро́ицкий собо́р) is a cathedral church, the oldest of all the remaining buildings in the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius. It was built in 1422-1423 by St. Nikon of Radonezh to "honour and praise" the founder of the Trinity Lavra monastery St. Sergius of Radonezh. St. Sergius's relics are kept there. It's the main object of worship in the Trinity Lavra. The Cathedral was built from white stone. It is one of the most important examples of the early Moscow architecture. The Trinity Lavra's history started with the construction of this cathedral. The ancient wall painting, created by the famous painters Andrei Rublev and Daniel Chorny in 1425—1427, is lost. The remaining paintings were created in 1635. They reproduces the ancient iconography of the original. The main treasure of the Cathedral is a five-tier iconostasis. Most of its icons were painted in the first third of the 15th century by Andrei Rublev and his colleagues. Both existing copies of Andrei Rublev's Trinity are kept in the iconostasis of the Cathedral.