Russian chronicler №6-1992 In memory of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1992)

A monk rings the bell in the monastery belfry.

Rowan leaves under the snow.

All the bells in the belfry are ringing.

The bell tower.

An image of Sergius of Radonezh.

Patriarch of Moscow Alexy II blesses the faithful and clergy.

Elderly women with bouquets of flowers look at the patriarch.

Close-up of people present at the service dedicated to the 600th anniversary of the Dormition of St.

Sergius of Radonezh.

Religious procession.

Chronicle of 1892. Religious procession from Moscow to the Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius.

Birthplace of Sergius of Radonezh.

A monument erected at this site.

Views of the autumn forest.

Painting by artist M.V. Nesterov "St.

Sergius of Radonezh".

Fresco Sergius of Radonezh feeding a sick bear.

View of the Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius.

Chronicle of 1892. View of the Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius.

View of the Holy Trinity Cathedral.

Pilgrims venerate the relics of St.

Sergius of Radonezh.

Religious procession in the Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius.

Frescoes in the Lavra.

Tsar Nicholas II visits the Lavra.

The royal family leaves the Lavra.

Modern times, veneration of the relics of St.

Sergius of Radonezh.

Chronicle of 1919. Opening of the relics of St.

Sergius of Radonezh.

A monk opens the relics.

The relics are removed from the shrine.

People's faces near the Holy Trinity Cathedral.

Sermon by priest Juvenaly (Poyarkov), dedicated to St.

Sergius of Radonezh.

Liturgy dedicated to St.

Sergius of Radonezh.

Icon of St.

Sergius of Radonezh Faces of believers in the church.

Bells of the Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius.

Religious procession in the Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius.

The icon of Sergius of Radonezh is carried out.

Patriarch Alexy II preaches during the procession.

Pilgrims and monks of the Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius listen to the Patriarch's sermon on the square.

An old book.

An image of Sergius of Radonezh.

Pilgrims drink water from the spring of Sergius of Radonezh.

A teenager lights a candle in memory of the saint.

A monument to Sergius of Radonezh.

Close-up of the pilgrims' faces.

Saint Sergius blesses Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy for the battle with Mamai.

Chronicle of 1919. A bell is thrown from the bell tower of the Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius.

The faces of believers who watch this sacrilege.

People break off pieces of the bell after the fall.

Modern times, new bells ring in the bell tower of the Lavra.

Patriarch Alexy II opens an exhibition displaying icons from all over Russia.

Chronicle of 1919. People carry icons out of their apartments.

Modern times.

Visitors to the exhibition.

Icon Sergius of Radonezh.

Exhibition halls.

Chronicle of 1919. People burn the icons they brought.

Modern times.

A close-up of the face of a visitor to the exhibition, looking at the icon of the Holy Trinity.

Footage of the newsreel and icons from the exhibition are interspersed.

The procession in the Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius.

Patriarch Alexy II illuminates the place where the monument to St.

Sergius of Radonezh will be erected.

The dome of the cathedral.

Barbed wire, through which the domes of the temple are visible.

Parishioners pray at the walls of the temple.

Parishioners kiss the icon of St.

Sergius of Radonezh.

Pilgrims venerate the relics of St.

Sergius of Radonezh.

View of the Lavra from the bell tower.