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Sergiyev Posad

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Sergiyev Posad (syĕr`gēyĭf pōsäd`), formerly Zagorsk (zəgôrsk`), city (1989 pop. 115,000), central European Russia. It is a rail terminus and a handicraft center known for wood carvings and toys. Manufactures include farm machinery, lacquers and paints, textiles, and furniture. The city developed from a settlement around the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra, one of Russia's most famous monasteries (founded 1340). The original wooden church, built by the monk Sergius, was destroyed in a Tatar raid in 1391. The Lavra contains the Troitski Cathedral (15th cent.); the Uspenski Cathedral (16th cent.), with the tomb of Boris Godunov; and a treasure chamber with rich tapestries and many objects of liturgical art. The monastery, long a place of pilgrimage, was made into a museum in 1920, but since 1988 has been the scene of increasing religious activity.

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Russia's Orthodox and Muslim communities are in dispute over the planned construction of a mosque in Sergiyev Posad, home to the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra, one of the country's most famous monasteries, and a focus for Orthodox worship, reported Nezavisimaya Gazeta on Oct.
Today, pilgrims travel to Sergiyev Posad to venerate the saint's relics, and 300 seminarians study theology there.
 
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