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{{cleanup}}'''Saint Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery''', or '''Serafimo-Diveevsky Monastery''', or '''Holy Trinity-Saint Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery''' (Russian: Свято-Троицкий Серафимо-Дивеевский Монастырь) is a [[monastery]] of [[nun]]s near Sarov and about 185 km (116 mi) from the city of Nizhny Novgorod in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is in a region considered to have immense spiritual significance. The [[convent]] was founded in 1760.
The history of the Holy Trinity [[Seraphim of Sarov|St. Seraphim]]-Diveyevo Convent began in 1760 when the [[Theotokos|Mother of God]] appeared to nun Alexandra in a dream at the village of Diveyevo and promised to base a great and unrivalled convent there. The Most Holy Mother of God has chosen Diveyevo to be Her favorite place, "the fouth and last dower on the Earth." She also promised to gather there the mercy and the grace of the Lord from all her previous dowers:
1) [[w:Caucasian Iberia |Iberia]] (Georgia)
2) [[Mount Athos]] (Greece),
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