On June 22, 2024, on the eve of the Feast of the Holy Trinity, the icon «Holy Trinity» by the Venerable Andrei Rublev will be returned to the Trinity Cathedral of the Svyato-Troitskaya Sergiev Lavra. All-Night Vigil and Divine Liturgy on the feast day in the monastery will be led by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
The decision to return the shrine to its historical site was made by Russian President V.V. Putin in May 20. Putin in May 2023.
«Holy Trinity» was painted by the holy iconographer in the first half of the 15th century for the local row of the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral at the request of the Venerable Nikon of Radonezh — the disciple and successor of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh. The image became the ideal of artistic expression of the Christian dogma of the One and Triipostatic God. As early as 1551, at the Stoglav Council convened by Tsar Ivan the Terrible, the icon was recognized as a model for depicting the Holy Trinity.
Having been in the Trinity Cathedral for half a millennium, in 1929, by order of the People's Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR, the icon was transferred to the State Tretyakov Gallery. Being a masterpiece of Old Russian art, the Holy Trinity became one of the main exhibits of the gallery. of the museum. A list created by restorer Nikolai Baranov was placed in the iconostasis of the church. Almost a hundred years later, on July 17 and 18, 2022, on the day of the memory of the Monk Andrei Rublev and on the feast of the 600th anniversary of the discovery of the relics of the Monk Sergius of Radonezh, Rublev's original was brought to the Trinity Cathedral for temporary worship. This was a landmark event in the life of the Lavra.
In the summer of 2023, the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra and the State Tretyakov Gallery contracted on the transfer of the icon «Holy Trinity» to the Lavra. Since January 5 this year, the relic has been temporarily located in the Cathedral Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow and is available for public worship. Previously, since 1997, the faithful had the opportunity to worship the icon once a year on Holy Trinity Day at the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachy in Moscow, and in 2023 — at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
The icon is now available for public worship.
Now the opportunity to pray before the shrine will become permanent: the Trinity Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra — an active temple, in which daily services are held: a brotherly prayer service, Divine Liturgy, prayer services with akathist to the Mother of God and to St. Sergius of Radonezh.
To the Lavra icon will arrive in a specialized vehicle designed for professional transportation of works of art and equipped with a climatic box with a shock absorption system. In the temple it will be installed in a specially made stationary ciot (showcase), which maintains the necessary climate for the preservation of the icon. The ciot is equipped with a system of automatic control and maintenance of temperature and humidity conditions, as well as armored glass covered with protective layers, including those against ultraviolet rays.
Whoever wishes can also study the icon with the help of augmented reality: for this purpose RIA «Novosti» together with the monastery created the application «Sergiev Lavra. Guide» for IOS and Android. On June 19 on the territory of the monastery installed ten stands with the image of the icon and a QR code leading to the page of the application, which allows to study the icon in detail. To do this, you will need to take a picture of the original, any list or reproduction of the shrine with your smartphone camera on the app. Those who are unable to photograph the icon will be able to use the app's special two-dimensional mode, which already presents its digital image with an interactive description.
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Application will familiarize the user with the Old Testament plot «The Hospitality of Abraham», reveal the symbolism of flowers, the meaning of the composition and elements of the icon.The guide also contains a list of iconographic terms, fragments of the audio guide to the monastery and episodes of the joint art-historical podcast of RIA «Novosti» and the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra «The Road to the Lavra». Those who wish will be able to hear the chants of the Lavra choir in the app.
Expert support in the creation of the application was provided by the editor-in-chief of publishing houses «Ladan» and «Trinity School» Hieromonk Nektariy (Sokolov) and the head of the Lavra icon painting workshop Hieromonk Nikifor (Isakov).
From the materials site of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra and telegram channel of the Moscow (City) Diocese
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