St Sergius of Radonezh
- Life dates
- c. 1314 – 1392
- Region
- Muscovite Rus
- Canonization
- Russian Orthodox Church (nationwide veneration since 1452); venerated throughout the Orthodox Church
Short life
Baptized Bartholomew. Founded the Trinity Monastery near Radonezh (now the Trinity-Sergius Lavra) and revived cenobitic monasticism in Rus. According to tradition he blessed Prince Dimitry Donskoy before the Battle of Kulikovo (1380). His disciples founded dozens of monasteries.
Significance for the Church
“Abbot of the Russian Land”; his monastery became the spiritual centre of Russia.
Related
- Repose of St Sergius, Abbot of Radonezh
- Finding of the relics of St Sergius of Radonezh
- The Trinity by Andrei Rublev
- Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Sergiev Posad