New information : a small white chapel stands over the tomb of Nun Dosifea at Novospassky.
It's north of the Bell Tower. Actually, none of this was here when i spent a lot of time at that wonderful monastery in the mid-1990s.
I'm looking for a picture of the chapel ; here is a bigger view of the tomb itself.
Needs some decoration !! Optina Elder admirers could step forward to contribute, as this Eldress was in some way the proto-Foundress of the great citadel of Orthodoxy, Optina !
At least, let's say, in its resurrection during the early 1800s when the desert-dwelle brothers Fathers Moses and Anthony [Putilov] arrived there to reestablish it under the orders of the future Metropolitan Philaret of Kiev.
Plus, their mission was to found and build the Optina Skete in the wild pine forests surrounding Optina Monastery.
Nun Dosifea, Mysterious Recluse
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Video from one year ago, almost no one has seen this, of the Optina Skete.
We can tell thereby how the Elders' cells have been fixed up at this time.
Note the nice samovar on the table ! I wonder whether it's the same one that Elders Amvrosy or Joseph used for themselves and for guests ?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtTPrLrMt8s