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Saturday, April 20, 2024

In seclusion







It is known from the history of monasticism that often ascetics, with the blessing of the clergy, went into seclusion. The Venerable Seraphim of Sarov from 1810 to 1815 was in a cell/
In the modern Serafimo-Diveyevsky Monastery there is also a cell. It is a well-appointed room where during the week two sisters perform prayer vigils and have no communication with the world.
The order in the cell is such that the sisters devote most of the day to prayer. They pray at night. They perform the prayer rule, accepted in the monastery, and read the daily services.
They go into seclusion on Sunday evening. And they leave the cell on the following Sunday, the sisters go to the liturgy and receive communion.
And the next two sisters go into the cell.

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