In the city of Rostov, Yaroslavl region is the magnificent Trinity Cathedral in Holy Trinity St. Sergius Monastery Varnickiy. That's the building became the first stone building in the monastery. Presumably, the cathedral was built in the years 1770-1771 according to the decree of the bishop of Rostov Volhovsky Athanasius, who previously, before the adoption of episcopal dignity, was Archimandrite at the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. The process of consecration of the cathedral was made October 16, 1771.

Today it is difficult to imagine how important was the construction of this beautiful cathedral for the whole Varnickiy monastery. There is evidence that cash income Varnickiy monastery were always very scarce and barely to the "subsistence level". The inhabitants of the monastery could not know what kind of grand-scale construction and waiting for them. The necessary funds for the construction of the Cathedral was granted the Bishop Athanasius, who since the advent of such an idea to the very end of his life and cared for carefully followed all the affairs of Trinity Cathedral. This man was able to implement a plan to build a majestic Orthodox church.

The Holy Trinity Cathedral was to equip two chapels, one of which was consecrated in honor of St. Sergius and Nikon Saints, who at one time were abbots of Radonezh. The second chapel was consecrated in the name especially revered Orthodox saints Cyril and Athanasius - Patriarch of Alexandria. According to the written sources, the heavenly patron of Bishop Athanasius - the builder of the Holy Trinity Cathedral - was Saint Athanasius, St. Cyril thus considered a guardian angel Cyril - the father of the Monk of St. Sergius.

As for the interior decoration of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, it is worth noting that no one church could not compare with him in the beauty and luxury of all the monasteries of Rostov. For example, even the Saviour Yakolevsky temple on the background looked a little bit easier, because the Trinity Cathedral at the time was the most honorable and majestic cathedral, just the city of Rostov. The vaults and walls of the cathedral were elaborately decorated with plaster cartouches, painted a magnificent painting. Each of the chapels had gold-plated carved iconostasis. The greatest number of icons were donated by benefactors, and were located in the rich silver settings.

Above the porch of the cathedral bell tower, which was originally built three-tiered and equipped with nine bells. At the end of 1892 it was completed one more - the fourth tier - for donated a gift of a bell. Before our time keep the old photos, which you can see that in the first decades of the 20th century, the wedding bell tower was carried out by bulbous head that size was the same as the cupola of the Trinity Cathedral. Today, the central board has shpilevidnym conclusion that emerged from it, since the late 18th century to the 19th century.

In mid-1930 the Trinity Cathedral of the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Monastery Varnitsky blew violently. It is important to note that even the foundation of such a large and majestic building has been razed - most likely, it was meant to either contemporaries or later generations could not rebuild the temple, or even to think about it. For quite a long period of time on the location of the cathedral was undeveloped landfill.

Today, Trinity Church rebuilt again and acts that were carried out through the efforts of the monastic brotherhood in the monastery Varnickiy. For the restoration of the cathedral was connected as a large number of volunteers and benefactors. The last large-scale construction of the temple, as well as the repair work in internal and external decoration of the church belong to the middle of 2005, followed by Trinity Church again began his fruitful work.