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One of the main relics of the Serafimo-Diveevo Monastery in Diveevo and an important attribute of the reverence of the monastery as "the fourth and last (after Iberia, Mount Athos and Kiev) of the Mother of God on earth" is the Holy Canal of the Blessed Virgin.

After a long break in 1992, traditional worship services resumed with the sisters of the monastery circumnavigated by the sisters of the monastery with the prayer "Virgin of the Virgin, rejoice."

According to religious evidence, on November 25, 1825, Seraphim of Sarov had a vision of the Virgin who commanded To create the Mill Community (at that time in Diveevo there was one community - the Kazan one) and to cover it with a special groove, which should be excavated only by the efforts of the community sisters.

The Monk pointed out the place for the Holy Canal, following the path on which the Mother of God walked in his vision. According to Serafim Sarovsky, this groove will be a defense against the Antichrist, the strength of the divine spirit is the same for Afon, Jerusalem, and Kiev.

Serafim Sarovsky himself began to dig the Holy Canal in June 1829, the work continued for several years. At the end of the Holy Canal until 1900 there was a belfry and then a five-tier bell tower

In the Holy Canal

When the prohibition on prayer services in Diveevo was introduced in Soviet times, the Holy Canal was almost filled and sewer communications were laid through it.

Only in 1992 the divine services were resumed with the rounds of the Holy Canavka by the sisters of the monastery with the prayer "Virgin of the Virgin, rejoice." By 2003, the Holy Canal was completely restored and externally ennobled with the use of marble slabs, a forged fence, and a wooden chapel was installed on the site of the mill.

Pilgrims from around the world come to circumvent the Holy Canal, as it is believed that one who passes by After reading the one hundred and fifty times the prayer to the Theotokos, the Blessed Virgin is sure to hear.
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