Novo-Diveevo Convent (it is often spelled as Novo-Diveyevo, Novo-Diveievo or Novodiveevo, Russian: Ново-Дивеево - "New Diveyevo") 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 it is simply called Diveevo.
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.
Alexander Rodzyanko was one of leaders of the White movement in Russia. Member of the elite Chevalier Guard regiment. He was a great promoter of equestrian sport in the United States, participated at the Olympic games in Stockholm in 1912 with the Russian jumping team.
Vladimir Yourkevitch, was a Russian naval engineer, developer of the modern design of ship hulls, and designer of the famous ocean liner SS Normandie.
Irina Lomasney, born Chavchavadze, served in the Canadian Navy in WWII, worked for the Tolstoy Foundation in 1970s. She was born in Yalta in 1920, died in Montreal on February 10, 2015. Buried on February 16, 2015.
Abbots
The head of the Convent is Abbess Makaria.
Gallery
Students of the New York universities at the Novo-Diveevo Monastery