Sergiyev Posad

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Sergiyev Posad is a historic Russian town best known as a major center of Orthodox Christianity and home to the UNESCO-listed Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius monastery.

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Sergiyev Posad canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipal formation
town
administrativeCenterOf Sergiyevo-Posadsky District
contains Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
country Russia
distanceFromMoscow about 70 km northeast
economicActivity light industry
religious services
tourism
federalSubject Moscow Oblast
foundedAsSettlement medieval period
hasCulturalAttraction historic churches
monastery complexes
museums
hasEducationalInstitution Moscow Theological Academy
Moscow Theological Seminary
hasFunction pilgrimage destination
religious education center
tourist center
hasMonastery Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
hasPilgrimageSite relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh
hasRailConnectionTo Moscow
hasRoadConnectionTo Moscow
heritageStatus important center of Russian spiritual culture
historicalName Sergiyev
Zagorsk
knownFor Orthodox pilgrimage center
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
surface form: Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius monastery

historic architecture
religious education institutions
language Russian
locatedIn European Russia
Moscow Oblast
locatedNear Moscow
namedAfter Sergius of Radonezh
partOf Central Federal District
partOfTouristRoute Golden Ring of Russia
regionType historical town
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousJurisdiction Russian Orthodox Church
religiousSignificance major center of Russian Orthodox Christianity
timezone Moscow Time
UNESCOStatusOfContainedSite World Heritage Site
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius

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Moscow Oblast contains Sergiyev Posad
Russian Orthodox Church hasMajorCenter Sergiyev Posad
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius locatedIn Sergiyev Posad
Fulda twinCity Sergiyev Posad
Pereslavl-Zalessky nearbyCity Sergiyev Posad
M-8 highway passesThroughCity Sergiyev Posad
Golden Ring of Russia hasPart Sergiyev Posad