Paraskeva Diveyevskaya

Paraskeva Diveyevskaya or Pasha Sarovskaya (Russian: Параскева Дивеевская; born between 1795 and 1807 – 22 September 1915) was a Russian fool for Christ and wanderer who became widely known at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. She met the Emperor Nicholas II, and, as legend has it, she predicted his abdication, tragic death, and canonization. Her meetings with Empresses Alexandra Feodorovna and Maria Feodorovna, as well as with Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich are documented. There are unconfirmed reports of an attempt by Grigory Rasputin and Anna Vyrubova to communicate with her.

Paraskeva Diveyevskaya is canonized and venerated by the Russian Orthodox Church as a blessed woman. In the Diveyevo Convent, where she spent the last part of her long life, her relics, now in the Kazan Church, are surrounded by veneration. In the house at the entrance to the monastery, where the Blessed lived, there is an exposition devoted to the history of the monastery. One of the rooms is dedicated to the memorial of Pasha Sarovskaya. Here the interior is reconstructed to the time of her life and authentic things of her belongings are kept.