Novo-Diveevo


Novo-Diveevo Convent is a female monastic community in Nanuet, Rockland County, New York in the United States, that was founded in 1949. It is under the auspices of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. It is also called the Stavropighial Convent of the Holy Dormition. Locally and officially it is simply called The Russian Orthodox Convent.

Cemetery

The Convent is home to one of the largest Russian Orthodox Christian Cemeteries in the United States.
There are over 8,000 graves divided into 5 areas.
An Adult Home, which is called the Old Peoples Home, is also operated by the convent. It houses a 76-bed facility.

Abbots

The head of the Convent is Abbess Makaria.

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