The year before his Blessed Repose, on the Feast Day of the Annunciation, Saint Seraphim saw Our Most Beloved Queen of Heaven once more. She came to Saint Seraphim together with Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Theologian, and the Virgin Martyrs Saint Barbara, Saint Katherine, Saint Thekla, Saint Marina, Saint Irene, Saint Eupraxia, Saint Pelagia, Saint Dorothea, Saint Makrina, Saint Justina, Saint Juliana, and Saint Anysia.
The Most Holy Mother of God spoke for a long time with Saint Seraphim, and he once again pleaded with her for his Spiritual family in Diveyevo: “Do not abandon my Diveyevo maidens! I gathered them up, but I cannot manage their lives all by myself!” To this, the Queen of Heaven responded: “I will, my beloved, assist you in everything! Let them be in obedience to you and, if they oblige, they will be with you and near me. But if they give up wisdom, they will be deprived of the lot of these Virgins next to me. Neither their standing nor a Heavenly Crown will ever be reserved for them. Whoever offends them will be punished by Me; whoever serves them for the Lord’s sake will be forgiven before God.”
At the end of their conversation, Our Most Holy Mother of God said to Saint Seraphim, “Soon, my dear one, you shall be with us.”
“The only valuables on Earth are good works done for Christ: These win us the Grace of the Holy Spirit.”
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