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Arrival in Nizhny Novgorod.
Information about the contacts of the representative in Nizhny Novgorod will be sent via SMS (Wats App) two days before the start of the trip. The phone number from which the SMS message will be received is used as a contact for all issues related to your stay in Nizhny Novgorod.
07:20 Meeting in the lobby of the Ibis 3* hotel (for arrivals much earlier than the start of the excursion program or on the eve of the tour).
07:30 The Courtyard 4* Hotel.
07:45 Start of boarding at Lenin Square (800 meters from the train station and for those staying at the Marins Park Hotel 4*).
08:05-08:10 Boarding at the railway station.
The meeting place with the representative of the tour operator is at the Royal Pavilion (this beautiful mansion is located to the right of the train station, if you look at it).
Boarding the bus.
In this case, you can take things with you.
Check-in at the hotel after the excursion program.
8:00 Departure from Lenin Square, Lenin Monument.
8:10 Departure from Nizhny Novgorod from Moskovsky railway station at the stop in front of the Tsar's Pavilion (Revolution Square, 2A).
Transfer to Arzamas.
The estimated travel time is 2 hours (113 km).
Travel tour.
You will hear a story about the Fourth and last Lot of the Virgin on Earth, about Seraphim of Sarov, about the founders of the Seraphim-Diveevsky monastery and their life in the monastery, about the Holy Groove along which the "stacks of the Heavenly Queen passed", about the holy Diveevsky springs.
10:00 Stop in Arzamas on Cathedral Square.
A short tour and a visit to the Nikolaevsky convent.
The cathedral is closed to the public from November to May.
12:00 Arrival in Diveevo.
Attention! Men are allowed on the territory of the monastery only in trousers, women in skirts, the length of which is below the knee, the head and shoulders must be covered. The settlement on the territory of the monastery is carried out exclusively
in cash.
Visit to the Holy Trinity Serafimo-Diveevsky Convent.
You will walk through the territory of the Diveevsky monastery, get acquainted with its history and customs in the monastery.
You will visit the Trinity Cathedral, where the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov are kept, and the Transfiguration Cathedral.
In the temples it will be possible to venerate the holy relics and put candles.
Free time to submit notes and requests.
You will be able to buy candles, icons, books, crackers of St. Seraphim.
Walking along the Holy Groove of the Theotokos, reading the prayer to the Theotokos, "Hail Mary, Blessed Mary, the Lord is with You; blessed are you in women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, for you have given birth to the Savior of our souls."
Father Seraphim of Sarov bequeathed about the Groove: "When the century is over, the Antichrist will first remove crosses from churches and ruin monasteries, and he will ruin all monasteries!
And it will come to yours, and the Groove will be from the ground to the sky, and he cannot ascend to you, the Groove will not allow anywhere, so he will go away.
Whoever passes this Groove with prayer, and reads a hundred and fifty "Theotokos", that's all here: Athos, Jerusalem, and Kiev."
You can go to one of the refectories on the territory of the monastery and buy monastery pies, bread, pancakes.
14:30 Lunch at Diveevo cafe (for an additional fee of 750 rubles per person).
After that, you will have a trip to the spring (Seraphim of Sarov, Kazan or Mother Alexandra), a set of holy water, bathing in the spring (optional).
For bathing, you need a cotton shirt (for women), a shirt (for men).
We recommend taking things necessary for dipping and water containers with you, as there may be long queues at the source.
20:00 Estimated time of arrival in Nizhny Novgorod.
Free time.
