Sergiev Posad is located 42 Km from Moscow and the seat of Russian Orthodoxy is located here at Lavra. These are a few pictures fram a visit in April 2006 To much history to cover here. If you require further information http://www.sacredsites.com/asia/russia/russia.htm
Main Entrance of Lavra
The Assumption Cathedral Constructed by the order of Ivan the Terrible 1559-1585
The Trinity Cathedral. XIV century
The Bell Tower
The Trinity Cathedral
Lavra's square
The copy of Assumption Cathedral of Moscow Kremlin