8 December 2019 года

Patronal feast at the Seraphimovsky skete

The church at the Seraphimovsky skete in the Khitry settlement celebrated its patronal feast today. Its altar is dedicated to the vision of the Mother of God to Venerable Seraphim of Sarov in the woods on the bank of the River Sarovka near the Bogoslovsky spring. 

The Queen of Heaven asked the father to leave solitary life in his cell and found a new monastic community for maidens in the village of Diveyevo. When She was saying this, the Most Holy Mother of God hit the earth with Her staff and a healing spring sprang out. 

This church dedicated to this event is probably the only one of its kind in the world. It is located in the skete of the Diveyevo monastery not far from the location where the miracle had happened. 

A vigil service was served there yesterday followed by today’s paraklesis with the water blessing service, Divine Liturgy and the procession with the cross around the church. Hegumenia Sergiya, the abbess of the Seraphim-Diveyevo monastery, participated at the church service.