You can’t bring a refrigerator magnet from Radonezh—there are simply no tourist toys here. Radonezh ceased to be a city forever three hundred years ago. This, however, does not make it any less interesting to visit; on the contrary: this is the only place reliably associated with the youth of Sergius of Radonezh and has not changed too much since those times. Rostov Varnitsa dispute the title of “homeland of the hero,” but there is no doubt that the family of the youth Bartholomew lived here in Radonezh.

The future Sergius, and for now still a young man Bartholomew, went from here to the forest on Mount Makovets and founded the Trinity Monastery there. After a couple of centuries, the road also moved north of the village, passing through the Lavra, while Radonezh remained in silence and immutability, surprising for the busy environs of Moscow. Scientists have found almost three hundred cultural heritage sites in the Radonezh district - the ramparts of a fortified settlement, traces of ancient villages and tracts in clearings overgrown with wild geraniums, ancient oak groves and springs - places associated with the memory of St. Sergius and going back to even deeper antiquity.

Life, however, is changing faster than archaeologists can work: the land near Moscow turned out to be miraculously good for building cottages. They began to grow right in the “Ancient City of Radonezh” protected zone, and the local authorities were seriously concerned about revising the boundaries of the zone in order to more reliably legitimize this development. The same thing - “clarification of boundaries” - was prescribed by the recent prosecutor’s audit. Apparently, the districts of Radonezh will soon change beyond recognition, and in order to have time to see these forests, meadows and fields, as the “abbot of the Russian land” saw them, you should hurry. The celebration of the “700th anniversary of the birth of St. Sergius”, coming in 2014 and in itself rather strange, given the monastic tradition, is also unlikely to contribute to the preservation of the landscape, which means so much for Russian culture and history.

However, all this does not particularly affect the life of the village of Radonezh. There were fifty houses here, and they remain the same: construction is going on further away. The residents of Radonezh have their own problem: gas is not supplied to them, since at least one hundred people must be registered in the village for gasification. And in Radonezh there are only 19 registered inhabitants, plus another thirty residents, apart from the residents of the church courtyard. In summer, more summer residents appear. Villagers go to work to Sergiev Posad or Moscow - both are relatively close. Water from the well, heat from the stove, vegetables from the garden. Among the blessings of civilization are a store and a pay phone, for which there are no cards in the same store. But there are beautiful landscapes, as in the famous painting by Mikhail Nesterov “Vision to the Youth Bartholomew”, and the title of “the second homeland of Sergius of Radonezh”.

There is also the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior - it originally appeared in ancient Radonezh, before it became a quiet village. The current building was built in 1840 and is a harmonious and expressive example of the Empire style, attributed to Afanasy Grigoriev, a student of Gilardi and Camporesi.

At the entrance to the territory of the settlement there is a monument to Sergius of Radonezh by Vyacheslav Klykov, built in 1988. Because of its expressive silhouette, reminiscent of a rocket, local residents dubbed the monument “Pershing.”

And the most ancient relic found by archaeologists in this place does not even belong to Ancient Rus': a bronze bear pendant from the Radonezh settlement dates back to the 7th-8th century and is associated with the Central Russian Finns - a people of Merya with their bear cult. I can’t help but remember St. Sergius again - he also found a common language with the bear.

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In the 1st millennium AD, the Merya Finns lived on the site of Radonezh. Then people left here, and new settlements arose only at the end of the 13th - first half of the 14th centuries, when the Russian princes briefly stopped fighting among themselves. Radonezh (from the Slavic name Radoneg) became the center of the volost of the same name on the edge of the Moscow lands, bordering the Dmitrov and Pereslavl principalities.

The Rostov Varnitsa, which calls itself the birthplace of St. Sergius, is unlikely to be: the salt Varnitsa, the place where salt was mined for the 14th century, is like a modern oil well, and no prince would ever give it to his boyars. But Sergius’s family undoubtedly lived in Radonezh. Together with other Rostovites who moved to this deserted Moscow volost after a political and financial collapse: participation in the struggle of Rostov against Moscow ended for the father of the future abbot with deprivation of the boyar rank and ruin. Just at this time, the Moscow prince Ivan Kalita became concerned about settling this area, and a village arose on the Pereslavl road at the crossing of the Pazhu River, all new residents of which were given tax breaks.

In Radonezh there was the Church of the Nativity of Christ, next to which the father of Bartholomew-Sergius, a former Rostov boyar, set up a courtyard. The volost authorities also lived here. To the north lay dense spruce forests, among which, on a mountain above the Meryansk river Konchura, Sergius later found a sunny place with linden and pine trees, where he built himself a cell.

After the death of Kalita, Radonezh passed to his widow, Princess Ulyana. Then, in 1372, along with other lands, the Radonezh volost was received by Prince Vladimir Andreevich, the cousin of Dmitry Donskoy, who remained in history with the nickname Brave. Donskoy, however, was also called the prince - for the victory on the Kulikovo field, he did not much less than Dmitry. Prince Vladimir became the spiritual son of St. Sergius, and this was the beginning, so to speak, of public recognition of the Radonezh monk from the Trinity Monastery: Vladimir invited Sergius to the princely congress and introduced him to Dmitry Donskoy, at the request of Vladimir Sergius founded the Vysotsky Monastery in the princely Serpukhov. In 1374, Vladimir Andreevich built a fortress in Radonezh, the ramparts of which have survived to this day. By the beginning of the 15th century, the village became a city with churches and monasteries, with its own washhouse and customs. The area of ​​the then Radonezh was about 80 hectares.

Vladimir's son Andrei also patronized the Trinity Monastery: he donated many surrounding villages, and in 1422 he insisted on the discovery of the relics of St. Sergius, citing a dream he had seen. Then Radonezh belonged to the grandson of Vladimir the Brave, Vasily Yaroslavich. Having inherited the character and leadership talents of his grandfather, he repeatedly helped the Moscow prince Vasily the Dark in various wars, and in gratitude for this in 1456 he was treacherously captured in Moscow, imprisoned and deprived of all his lands - Vasily took them away. Since then, the development of the specific Radonezh has stopped. The first Russian civil war - the Time of Troubles - put an end to this process: Radonezh, devastated in 1608-09, became the quiet village of Gorodok.

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The name of the village of Radonezh is associated with ancient legends, the history of Orthodox ascetics and the word “joy”. Recently I visited an ancient village located near Sergiev Posad and realized that these associations are completely true.

Today I want to show you a new series of photos taken in Radonezh. In these frames you will see the main attractions of the village: the remains of the ramparts, the Pazha River, the monument to Sergius of Radonezh, a beautiful mill and the Church of the Transfiguration.

Have you ever been to Radonezh? What associations does this village evoke in you and what attractions did you like most?

By the way: you will be able to see ancient Radonezh with your own eyes on April 21 during the Ecoelectric train’s trip to the sights of the Moscow region and the Nomad park. You can familiarize yourself with the trip program and book a ticket for the tour.

The history of Radonezh dates back to time immemorial. The first mentions of organized settlements in its place date back to the beginning of our time. Gradually, the village began to grow and develop, and mounds and fortifications were actively built there.

3. View of the Church of the Transfiguration.

The village of Radonezh received its modern name in the 11th century. It probably came from the name of the Novgorodian Radoneg, who erected a fortress in these places and called it Radonezh. Radonezh suffered during the Mongol-Tatar yoke: in the village there was a state of Khan's Baskaks, mentions of which can be found in local folklore.

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5. Monument to Sergius of Radonezh.

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At different times, Radonezh was both part of the Rostov-Suzdal and Moscow principalities. Since the 14th century, the village has been part of the Moscow Principality and becomes an independent volost. And subsequently, at the beginning of the 15th century, the village became the center of the appanage Radonezh principality and received the status of a city.

8. View of the village.

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Under Ivan III, Radonezh was for some time the center of a separate county, however, it soon turned into a proprietary village.

12. Transfiguration Church was built in1834 - 1840 financed by parishioners and donations.

14. Descent to the river and the font.

The 15th fortress ramparts have been partially preserved in Radonezh to this day. But now there is a cemetery on the territory of the former fortification. The remains of ancient shafts are clearly visible when filming from a drone.

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Soon Radonezh will largely lose its independent strengthening significance, becoming an important center of the spiritual life of Russia. It will belong to the Lavra and be revered among thousands of believers as a place associated with the spiritual asceticism of the great Russian saint Sergius of Radonezh.

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19. River Pazha.

The youth Bartholomew - that was the name of Sergius of Radonezh before his tonsure - moved to Radonezh with his family at the age of 12. After the death of his parents, he distributed all his inheritance to the needy and went to live in the forest, where, having built himself a modest hut, he began to constantly pray to God. This saint entered the history of Russia as the founder of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. It was he who blessed Dmitry Donskoy for the Battle of Kulikovo. Sergius of Radonezh had the gift of healing and insight. He not only performed many miracles, but also left behind many students and followers, who also played a significant role in the spiritual life of our country. Today, Sergius of Radonezh is revered as one of the greatest Russian saints of the Orthodox Church.

20. At the holy spring.

It is not surprising that the modern appearance of Radonezh reflects the memory of the saint. Here is a holy spring, a memorial monument erected in memory of Sergius of Radonezh, as well as a whole complex of temple and pilgrimage buildings.

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One of the most notable attractions of Radonezh is the Church of the Transfiguration, built in the Empire style. It was built in 1834 - 1840. financed by parishioners and donations. The unplastered brick building with the use of white stone in its details has a composition characteristic of its time. The pillarless single-apse quadrangle of the temple with side porticoes of the Doric order is crowned with a domed rotunda. From the west it is adjoined by a refectory and a three-tiered bell tower with a spire, completed with a cylindrical tier of bells. The temple is surrounded by a brick church fence with a restored wooden lattice, which was restored in 1969 according to the model of the 1855 fence.

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In 1988, a monument to Sergius of Radonezh was erected next to the Church of the Transfiguration. It represents a three-meter figure of an old man, in the center of which is carved a relief image of a boy holding the image of the Trinity in his hands. Many cultural and artistic figures were involved in the creation and installation of the monument. First of all, this is the sculptor, president of the International Foundation of Slavic Literature and Culture Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Klykov; member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, head of the Patriotic Union “Russia” Igor Sergeevich Sychev; veteran of the Great Patriotic War, participant in the storming of the Reichstag, Guard Colonel Erofey Mikhailovich Levshov; Orthodox monk Hermogenes (in the world - Gennady Mikhailovich Khmelnitsky).

23. Pyzha River from a drone.

Other attractions of the village of Radonezh are a holy spring with a font, located near the Pazha River. The shrines have been ennobled these days and are a picturesque complex with wooden buildings, a bridge and a mill.

24. And here we see the remains of the rampartsXV century.

25. Nowadays there is a cemetery on the territory of the historical monument.

Nowadays, the temple and pilgrimage sites of Radonezh are the courtyard of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.

Village of Radonezh on the left bank of the Pazhi River is one of the oldest settlements in the Sergiev Posad region. It was founded by the Slavs around the 11th century. This is confirmed by the name Radonezh - a personal Slavic name Radonegz possessive form.

In the middle of the 12th century, Radonezh became part of the Rostov-Suzdal Principality, and at the beginning of the 13th century - part of the Grand Duchy of Vladimir. After the Tatar-Mongol invasion of 1237-1240, the Khan's Baskaks lived here, who monitored the territory entrusted to them and collected tribute. The memory of this is preserved by the names of the wastelands - Khanskaya and Baskakova.

Temple in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord

Towards the middle of the 14th century, Radonezh became part of the Moscow Principality. And in the village there grew a large estate with the Church of the Nativity of Christ. In 1328, the Rostov boyar Kirill, the father of St. Sergius of Radonezh, moved to Radonezh with his family. Later, Kirill and Maria took monastic vows at the nearby Khotkovo Monastery.

The names of many famous people are associated with the Radonezh land. The first Kazan Archbishop Gury (+ December 4, 1563) and, as historians believe, the brilliant icon painter Andrei Rublev came from these places. Radonezh did not inspire the writer Sergei Aksakov and the famous artists Mikhail Nesterov and Viktor Vasnetsov.

M. Nesterov. Appearance to the youth Bartholomew

In 1410, Radonezh turned into a town with a fortress, earthen ramparts and three churches and became the capital of an appanage principality owned by Prince Andrei Menshoi. The cathedral church of the fortress was called Preobrazhensky.

Tsar Ivan III transferred the fair, which took place in the Trinity Monastery, to Radonezh, and in 1505 he bequeathed the city to his son Vasily. During the Polish-Lithuanian invasion, the Radonezh town, or simply the Town, was completely destroyed. In 1616, Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich transferred it to the Trinity-Sergius Monastery. The monks converted the fortress tower into a tented temple and consecrated it in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord. A century and a half later, these lands again went to the state.

The new stone Church of the Transfiguration with the chapel of St. Sergius of Radonezh in the refectory was built at the expense of parishioners in 1836-1842. It is considered one of the best examples of Empire style architecture. The creation of the project is attributed to the architect A.G. Grigoriev. In 1854, the temple was surrounded by a fence with corner towers. At first it stood separately from the three-tier bell tower, but in the 1860s they were combined with a refectory. Seven bells were installed on the belfry. The largest of them weighed more than three tons. The temple was decorated with two iconostases: a five-tier one in the main part and a two-tier one in the chapel.

During Soviet times, the Transfiguration Church was closed. In 1941, a club moved here. Later, in the 1960s, the Soviet authorities decided to preserve the Radonezh monuments. In 1974, the temple was given state protection and restored. For the next two decades, the Zagorsk State Museum-Reserve housed an exhibition dedicated to the history of Radonezh within its walls.

One of the most striking local attractions is the monument to St. Sergius of Radonezh. It was created according to the design of sculptor V.M. Klykov and architect R.I. Semerzhiev and installed next to the temple on May 29, 1989. Just a few months later, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, the village of Gorodok was renamed Radonezh. In the 1990s, the Church of the Transfiguration was returned to the Orthodox Church. Now this is the courtyard of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. It is headed by Abbot Sebastian.

Fragments of paintings from the 1870s have been preserved in the temple. Now the frescoes and iconostasis have been restored. An unusual cross has been installed opposite the entrance to the temple. Once upon a time it stood on the grave of the Holy Blessed Matrona of Moscow. Below, under the mountain, at the spring of St. Sergius, two fonts were built.

The most convenient way to get to the village of Radonezh is by car. But you can also take the train on the Yaroslavl railway. From the Radonezh station to the Transfiguration Church on foot - 4 kilometers.

Historically and geographically, it is best to explore Khotkovo, Radonezh, Deulino and the Trinity-Sergius Lavra at once. Geographically, because all this is relatively nearby, and historically, because the parents of Sergius of Radonezh lived in Radonezh, founded a monastery in Khotkovo, and were buried there, and Sergius of Radonezh was the founder of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. And in the village of Deulino a peace treaty was signed, which marked the end of the Polish-Lithuanian intervention, the so-called. "Deulin world"

I have already described trips to the Lavra and the Khotkovsky Monastery (see links at the end of the story), now it’s the turn of Radonezh and Deulin. The Land of Radonezh is generally rich in history, bloody battles were fought on it, intrigues were woven, it suffered greatly from many wars, but was revived again.

It is a pity that in Radonezh only the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, built in the 19th century, and the memorial sign to Sergius of Radonezh have been preserved - a place for obligatory photography of local newlyweds, but once there were churches, a well-fortified fortress, and multi-meter ramparts, and on one The princes Khovansky, executed by the first Romanov on charges of treason, were buried from the city cemeteries...

Radonezh Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord

When you drive from Khotkovo by car (and we also got there right on Trinity Sunday), on a high hill among an endless green plain you first see many, many cars, and only then a church. It was built in 1836-42. at the expense of parishioners. I will not bore you with a description of the church from an architectural point of view, I will only say that the building is white (previously it was pale blue) in color and has a fairly traditional architecture for churches of that time; a three-tier bell tower is attached to the church on one side, and a refectory on the other .

A fairly strong wind was blowing, it was sunny, but a thundercloud was approaching, so for a walk around the neighborhood I wrapped myself in a jacket with a hood, put on a scarf (it was a holiday after all) and dark glasses. I had a good view.

Right at the entrance there was a store where, in addition to icons, crosses, oils, and candles, for some reason they sold bags, belts, and other rubbish. I had to squeeze between two large counters. It was quite elegant inside: there was green, freshly cut grass on the floor, and near the especially significant icons there were cut down young birch trees in three-liter jars. The wedding had just ended, and the happy newlyweds were standing in the corner. True, at first I thought that the baptism had ended, but at the entrance we saw a car with rings on the roof, and we realized what it was.

In the altar part of the church there is a five-tier iconostasis, in the chapel of St. Sergius of Radonezh there is a two-tier iconostasis. This chapel was built on the very spot where the house of the parents of Sergius of Radonezh stood in the 15th century. The icons for the church were painted by local artists in the 19th century. In some places, wall paintings have been preserved, and in the corner there is a life-size copy of “The Appearance to the Youth Bartholomew” (the original can be seen in the Tretyakov Gallery).

Near the church there is a wooden cross, moved here from Moscow - from the grave of St. Matryona of Moscow. Behind the church fence, right next to the road, there are several old graves overgrown with grass. At some distance there is a memorial sign to Sergius of Radonezh.

It’s worth going down to get water from the source, at least that’s what we went there for. We go down a rather steep staircase, examine the tiny wooden chapel, and then follow the path to the source. About 50 people were already crowded here, most with five-liter plastic tubs.

The source consists of 2 streams of water flowing directly from two metal pipes going into the ground, and one bottle takes quite a long time to fill - in any case, when in my presence one lady asked to fill a small bottle without a queue, she was not allowed in with an angry shout, that, they say, we’ve all been standing here for more than an hour. We didn’t stand, I just jumped around, filming the Pazhu River, densely overgrown with vegetation, and we stomped back. The places are most beautiful - it’s not for nothing that Vasnetsov painted from life here.

Memorial sign to St. Sergius of Radonezh

In 1988, on the outskirts of the village on a low rounded hill, a memorial sign to St. Sergius of Radonezh was erected (sculptor V.M. Klykov, architect R.I. Semerzhiev).

"On its flat top, a three-meter-tall figure of an old man in a monastic robe froze. The half-lowered head of the monk is covered with a doll pulled down on his forehead. The old man's eyes are closed, his hands are prayerfully folded on his chest. In the middle part of the figure, the stone is slightly selected and the figure of the boy Bartholomew protrudes from the outlined elongated niche. He dressed in an untucked shirt and soft pants tucked into onuchi. The boy has bast shoes on his feet. With wide open eyes, Bartholomew looks over the Radonezh hills. In his hands he holds a carved icon, in the center of which, in a circle, lies a parallelepiped. with the inscription: “Russia is grateful to Sergius of Radonezh.”

Historical reference

Most likely, Radonezh was founded in the 11th century as a Slavic settlement, and its name is the possessive form of the personal Slavic name Radoneg. It is believed that the name of the neighboring city of Khotkovo comes from the name Khotoneg or Khotobug.

At various times, Radonezh was part of the Rostov-Suzdal, and then the Vladimir principalities, and when Rus' fell under the rule of the Golden Horde, the khan's governors sat in Radonezh, collecting tribute, which indicates its importance. In the 14th century, the city became part of the Moscow Principality.

In 1332 (according to other sources - in 1328) the Rostov boyar Kirill moved to Radonezh with his wife Maria and sons Stephon and Bartholomew. The second son is destined to become one of the greatest priests of Rus' named Sergius of Radonezh... The boyar and his wife founded the Intercession Monastery in Khotkovo in the 1330s, which stands there to this day, and in 1342 the sons of the boyar went to the Kochura River near Radonezh and They founded a hermitage there, where Bartholomew took monastic vows on October 7, 1342 (according to other sources - October 7, 1337). The first abbot of the expanding Trinity Monastery was Hegumen Mitrofan, abbot of the Intercession Monastery, who took the tonsure of Sergius of Radonezh.

It was thanks to him that all the princes united before the Battle of Kulikovo, recognizing the supremacy of Dmitry Donskoy. According to legend, Sergius of Radonezh blessed Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy for the Battle of Kulikovo, after which the appanage Serpukhov prince Dmitry became the great Russian prince. The icon with which the blessing was performed is now kept in the Tretyakov Gallery, and the Donskoy Monastery in Moscow is named after it (I have a separate story about it).

The elder predicted victory for the prince and gave help to the monks Alexander Peresvet and Andrei Oslyabya, whom he himself tonsured into the schema (remember the famous painting “The Duel of Peresvet with Chelubey”?). The biography of St. Sergius tells that the saint saw in the spirit the entire course of the battle, knew the names of the dead soldiers, for whom he himself immediately served a memorial service. In 1389, Dmitry Donskoy invited St. Sergius to seal a spiritual testament that legitimized the new order of succession to the throne from father to eldest son.

The Monk Sergius died on September 25, 1392. After 30 years, his relics and clothes were found incorrupt, and in 1452 (according to other sources - in 1422) he was canonized. The relics of the saint are kept in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.

In 1613, Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov (1596-1645) was elected Russian Tsar. But Poland did not recognize him as king, and in April 1617, the son of King Sigismund III of Poland, Prince Vladislav, marched with troops to Moscow. The so-called Time of Troubles began. It was during these years that Radonezh and its surroundings were completely devastated.

Trinity-Sergius Monastery, founded in the mid-16th century. powerful fortress walls, was subjected to a 16-month siege by the troops of False Dmitry II, but did not surrender. The misadventures of the monastery did not end there: in 1617, the Polish prince Vladislav, after an unsuccessful assault on Moscow, tried to capture the monastery for the second time, but by this time the abbot of the monastery had acquired his own archers and gunners. The prince moved further along the road to the village of Rogachevo and began negotiations, because frosts were approaching, and the Polish army was exhausted. The Poles, through parliamentarians, announced the cessation of hostilities and the desire for peace with Moscow.

“On the night of November 19-20, Moscow ambassadors led by boyar Fyodor Ivanovich Sheremetev arrived at the Trinity-Sergius Monastery. On the Polish side, the ambassadors were Prince Novodvorsky (hehe!), Hetman Lev Sapega and headman Alexander Gonsevsky. The Poles sought to negotiations were conducted within the walls of the fortress, intending to explore its fortifications. But the Russian ambassadors insisted that the place of negotiations be with Deulino. On December 1, 1618, the ambassadors signed a truce agreement between Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for 14 and a half years. The agreement was included under the name Deulinsky."

I was inspired to write and talk about Radonezh by a trip to this wonderful place. On September 15, 2012, we went on a family trip around the Radonezh region. The route was "Radonezh - Khotkovo - -".

Radonezh land is a special place. There are many historical and holy places here. To drive is not to move. These are Muranovo, Khotkovo, Vozdvizhenskoye, Gethsemane monastery, Sergiev Posad and Okhtyrka. Among these wonderful places, Radonezh occupies a special place.

Radonezh is a village in the Sergiev Posad district of the Moscow region, 55 km. from Moscow. The place is incredibly picturesque, especially now in autumn. Here we found those magnificent landscapes that V. Polenov, I. Levitan, M. Nesterov sang in their paintings. The terrain is hilly and the roads are winding.

It is known about Radonezh that

• it is located on an open hill, on the banks of the Pazhi River. At the excavation site here, an ancient settlement dating back to the beginning of our era was discovered.
• The Slavic settlement arose in the 11th century.
• Radonezh was located on the Pereyaslavskaya road, which led through Moscow to Rostov. It was part of Rostov-Suzdal, and in the 15th century it became part of the Moscow Principality.
• In 1328, the Rostov boyar Kirill, the father of Sergius of Radonezh, moved to Radonezh, who subsequently founded the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius 15 km from Radonezh.
• It fell into decline during the reign of Ivan the Terrible. During the Time of Troubles he was completely ruined.
• In the 18th century, the village received a new name – Gorodok. And in 1989, the village of Gorodok was again renamed Radonezh.

There are several attractions in Radonezh:
The Transfiguration Church was built in 1836-1842.

Near the temple there is a cross that stood on the grave of the holy blessed elder Matrona of Moscow.

Monument to Sergius of Radonezh. Established on May 29, 1988 - in honor of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus' and in honor of the 600th anniversary of the repose of St. Sergius here, opposite the Church of the Transfiguration. It is a three-meter figure of an old man with a relief image in its middle part of a boy with the image of the Trinity. This is the first monument to a Russian saint since 1917. Revered as an icon.

Ramparts of the 15th century. Nowadays there is a cemetery on the territory of the former Detinets. The photo shows a view of the ramparts.

Holy spring of Sergius of Radonezh. You have to go down the stairs to get to it. Those who did not bring containers for holy water with them can buy them in the souvenir shop nearby.