Arriving in Sergiev Posad (Zagorsk)

Maslenitsa celebrations

People out to celebrate spring

Approaching the monastery

Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius

Uncle Misha at the entrance to the monastery

Where the Holy Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev is kept

Entrance to one of the museums

The main belltowers

The priest quarters

Back view of the churches

A small belltower

Some hard to read old Russian

The resting place of Boris Godunov and family

Line for holy water

Art shop

Soviet destruction of Russian churches

Holy water church and the main cathedral

Even the army is here

Priests walking around

Old quarters

The artisan market of Matryoshkas and other wood toys

Traditional Russian dances

Beautiful girls celebrating Maslenitsa

More Maslenitsa dancing

Yes, that is Big 'n Tasty