USergius waseRadonezh ungomunye wabangcwele abahlonishwa kakhulu eRussia. Wazalelwa emndenini wama-boyars waseRostov - uCyril noMary ngo-1322 (eminye imithombo ikhombisa usuku oluhlukile - 1314). Lapho kuzalwa, usanta wanikezwa igama elihlukile - uBartholomew. Umsunguli weSonto lokuqala likaZiqu-zintathu eRussia, umphathi wezwe lonke wezwe, waba wuphawu lweqiniso lobunxi. USergius Radonezh, owayefisa ukuba yedwa futhi azinikele kuNkulunkulu, ubelokhu ethakazelisa izazi-mlando, futhi ukunakwa akuphelanga nanamuhla. Amaqiniso amaningana athakazelisayo naziwa kancane asivumela ukuba sifunde okwengeziwe ngendela.
1. Ngesikhathi izalwa, usana aluzange luncelise ngoLwesithathu nangoLwesihlanu.
2. Noma esemncane, wayegwema umphakathi onomsindo, wakhetha ukuthandaza buthule nokuzila ukudla.
3. Ngesikhathi sokuphila kwabo, abazali bathuthela nendodana yabo eRadonezh, esisekhona nanamuhla.
4. UBartholomew wafunda kanzima. Ukufunda nokubhala kwakunzima enganeni, ngoba wayehlala ekhala. Ngemuva komunye wemikhuleko, ongcwele wavela kuBartholomew, futhi ngemuva kwalomcimbi, isayensi yaqala ukunikezwa kalula.
5. Ngemuva kokushona kwabazali bakhe, uBartholomew wathengisa ifa wabela lonke ifa kwabampofu. Kanye nomfowabo wahamba wayohlala eqhugwaneni ehlathini. Kodwa-ke, umfowethu akakwazanga ukubekezelela impilo enjalo isikhathi eside, ngakho-ke iSvyatol yesikhathi esizayo yahlala iseseceleni.
6. Kakade eneminyaka engama-23 waba yindela, wenza izifungo zezindela futhi wabizwa ngoSergiyu. Wasungula isigodlo sezindela.
7. USergiyus uqobo wayenakekela ikhaya - wakha amaseli, wagawula izihlahla, wathunga izingubo futhi waphekela abazalwane.
8. Ngenkathi kuqubuka ingxabano phakathi kwabazalwane mayelana nobuholi besigodlo, uSergiyu washiya isigodlo.
9. Ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe, usanta wenza izimangaliso ezahlukahlukene. Wake wavusa osemusha ofile. Ingane yayiswa kuyise omkhulu, kodwa endleleni isiguli sashona. Ebona ukuhlupheka komzali, uSergius wamvusa umfana.
10. Ngesinye isikhathi, uSergius wenqaba ukuba yidolobha elikhulu, wakhetha ukukhonza uNkulunkulu kuphela.
11. Abazalwane bafakazile ukuthi ngesikhathi senkonzo ingelosi yeNkosi uqobo yayikhonza uSergiyu.
12. Ngemuva kokuhlaselwa kweMamai ngo-1380, uSergius waseRadonezh wabusisa iNkosana uDmitry ngempi yaseKulikovo. UMamai wabaleka, isikhulu sabuyela esigodlweni sezindela sabonga umdala.
13. Indela lahlonishwa ukubona uMama kaNkulunkulu nabaphostoli.
14. Waba umsunguli wezindela eziningi namathempeli.
15. Kakade ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe, uSergiyu wayehlonishwa njengendoda engcwele, baphendukela kuye ukuthola izeluleko futhi bacela imithandazo.
16. Wabona ukufa kwakhe ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe. Ucele abafowethu besigodlo ukuba badlulisele lokho kumfundi wakhe othandekayo uNikon.
17. Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, wayethule du ngokuphelele.
18. Unikele ngokuzifihla nezindela ezijwayelekile - emathuneni esigodlo, hhayi esontweni.
19. Iminyaka engama-55 kwengu-78 uzinikele ebukholweni nasekhulekeni.
20. Ngemuva kokushona kwabazalwane, baqaphela ukuthi ubuso bukaSergiyu babungafani nobomuntu ofile, kodwa babunjengobomuntu olele - bukhanya futhi buthule.
21. Nangemuva kokufa kwakhe indela lahlonishwa njengongcwele.
22. Eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu emva kokufa, izinsalela zosanta zatholakala. Bakhipha iphunga, ukubola akuzange kuthinte ngisho nezingubo.
23. Izinsalela zikaSergius zaphulukisa abantu abaningi ezifweni ezahlukahlukene, basaqhubeka nokwenza izimangaliso kuze kube namuhla.
24. UMonki Sergius waseRadonezh uhlonishwa ngongcwele wezingane othola ukuthi kunzima ukufunda. I-saint yamukelwa njengomphathi womhlaba waseRussia kanye ne-monasticism.
25. Kakade ngo-1449-1450, izifundiswa zezenkolo kanye nezazi-mlando bathola ukubalulwa kokuqala nokunxusa emithandazweni njengongcwele. Ngaleso sikhathi, zazimbalwa lezo eRussia.
Eminyakeni engama-26.71 ngemuva komdlalo, ithempeli lokuqala lamiswa ngenhlonipho kasanta.
27. Izinsalela zosanta zashiya izindonga zesigodlo saseTrinity-Sergius amahlandla ambalwa kuphela. Lokhu kwenzeka kuphela ngemuva kokuvela kwengozi enkulu.
28. Ngo-1919, uhulumeni waseSoviet wembula izinsalela zendela.
29. Ongcwele akazange ashiye nolayini owodwa ngemuva kwakhe.
