Diveevo is one of the best places in Russia!

I've been in Diveevo with my elder daughter Marina trying to settle my aunt's business. I don't want to write about the business itself, the only thing I can say is that it brought us to the local hotel in the monastery where we shared with nuns and their relations visiting them. My experience there gave me a kind of inside look into the life of this very close community of really extraordinary people - nuns and monks. Some of those people are just laborers there and they don't have any rank, but all of them are very different and special. First of all, just imagine waking up every day at 4:30am to be on time at the service which starts at 5 am and lasts for 4-5 hours. And this is not only in the morning, but in the afternoon prolonged till 7:30 pm. I don't mind that as it's a little compared with what we can sacrifice for the God's Name. But still it's not for everyone. I really respect all those people there. What’s more, they eat very little or don't eat at all. They are fasting all the time and eating only plain and scarce food like porriges, vegetables and bread. Can you imagine yourself being one of them? I asked myself and still I'm not sure I'd withstand such a life. However, I really appreciated their hard labor and effort. In the name of God!