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At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries there were built the Convent's Bell Tower, the Hegumenia's Hall with the Church of St. Mary Magdalene and the Refectory Hall with the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky.
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==History==
[[Image:DIVEYEVO3.JPG|right|thumb|275px| Holy Trinity St. Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent: Beginning of the Holy Ditch]]
The History of the ''Holy Trinity St. Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent '' began in 1760 when the Mother of God appeared to nun Alexandra in a dream at the village of Diveyevo and promised to base a great and unrivalled Convent there. The Most Holy Mother of God has chosen '''Diveyevo''' to be Her favourite place - '''the Fouth and last Dower on the Earth'''. She also promised to gather there the mercy and the grace of the Lord from all her previous Dowers:
1) Iberia (Georgia)
In the centre of the Convent there are two magnificent Cathedrals: the impressive five-domed Catherdral of the Holy Trinity (1865-1875) and the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord (1907-1916).
[[Image:DIVEYEVO1.JPG|right|thumb|275px| Cathedral of the Holy Trinity & Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord]]
At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries there were built the Convent's Bell Tower, the Hegumenia's Hall with the Church of St. Mary Magdalene and the Refectory Hall with the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky.
In 1830 Father Seraphim asked Diveyevo's nuns to dig the Holy Ditch, which would surround the elected place of the Mother of God. Father Seraphim said:
[[Image:DIVEYEVO2.JPG|right|thumb|255px| The Holy Ditch (Kanavka).]]''"He who walks along the Holy Ditch praying '''"Rejoice, O Mother of God and Maiden Mary..."''' 150 times, for him this place will be AThosAthos, Jerusalem, and Kiev."''
By now the Diveyevo ascetics Saints Alexandra, Martha, Helen and Saints Blessed Pelagia, Paraskeva, Mary are canonized. Their Holy relics as well as the Holy relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov are resting in God in the Conventual Churches.
