On November 25/December 8, 1825, after many years of hermitage, the starets Seraphim went for the first time to the woods. Making his way through the thicket of the woods to his remote wilderness, he saw Our Lady close to the bank of the Sarovka River, and behind Her on the mound of two apostles: Peter the First-Called and the Evangelist John the Theologian. The Queen of Heaven struck the ground with her rod and sprinkled the spring, promising to give its waters a greater blessing than the waters of Bethesda of Jerusalem once had. She affirmed that Father Seraphim must do the will of the Venerable Alexandra and take care of the monastery founded by her. Since the superior of the Diveyevo community Ksenia Mikhailovna did not wish to obey him, the Venerable Seraphim was commanded to found a new, maiden monastery in Diveyevo.
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