Serafimo-Diveevsky Monastery and his first abbess Maria (Ushakova): with the application of archival documents, letters and memories

The real edition is dedicated to the difficult history of Seraphimo - Diveevsky Monastery - the 4th of the destiny of the Mother of God. Its formation, which was difficult in great obstacles, lasted about a century and ended with the appointment of the first abbess of the Monastery of Maria (Ushakova). The Monk Seraphim, the holy founder and patron of the Diveevo community, repeatedly predicted the coming to the monastery of the future abbess of Mary, calling her by name and even by last name, and spoke about her chosenness and purpose - to preserve and revive the chosen destiny of the Mother of God. The book has detailed and documented and describes the events, their scale and consequences, everything that has become the historical background of the creative, but often very mournful activity of the abbess of the Diveevo community, Elizabeth Alekseevna Ushakova (subsequently - the abbess of Maria). She had a lot of difficulties and trials to endure with the sisters of the monastery, before the prediction of the great old man - the Monk Seraphim was fulfilled and the time of the creative works came, which Mother Maria Diveevsky monastery arranged in unprecedented beauty and greatness.