December 4, 2019 A Special Day for Special Children One November day became special for children of the boarding home. Kids visited Women’s Rehabilitation Center, where after the Liturgy they had an opportunity…
July 11, 2019 “Can There Be Enough of Love?” Our Ministry at Special Department for Children in Mental Health Hospital It is great, when you see your goal and know you are moving towards it gradually. It is rather difficult to talk about work…
February 11, 2019 “The Mindless Hearts”: a Personal Encounter with the Boarding Home for Adults with Special Needs How do you meet someone who is able to shift your views and opinions radically – someone who can change the angle, the breadth…
December 28, 2018 Catalog of St. Elisabeth Convent: Who We Are, What We Do and Why You Should Join Our Ministry St. Elisabeth Convent, which is well known all over the world, is located in Minsk, Belarus. This pillar of Orthodoxy is one of the…
December 20, 2018 The Equine Therapy: New Friends, New Treatment What is equine therapy? Equine therapy (therapeutic horseback riding) is a rehabilitation practice of treating severe psychophysical disorders. It’s successfully used to address…
December 18, 2018 How Women with Troubled Fates Receive Shelter in St. Elisabeth Convent Sveta couldn’t imagine living without alcohol. She would pour vodka in her throat without eating anything with it. Veronica was almost homeless. Her parents…
November 20, 2018 The Dog’s Chance: How Nuns Save the Lost at the Men’s Rehabilitation Center More than two hundred homeless or alcohol-addicted men gather on a farm 19 miles from Minsk during the winter, where they are supervised by…
November 14, 2018 A Reliquary for St. Luke: a Unique Order Made by the Workshop of St. Elisabeth Convent “And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood… make for it a grate of network of brass.” (Exodus 27:1,3) It was God…
October 26, 2018 A Cycle of Goodness: How the Workshops of St. Elisabeth Convent Appeared and What They Give to Other People The Holy Righteous John of Kronstadt founded the House of Love of Labour—a social structure that was ahead of its time. It provided shelter…
October 15, 2018 Anatomy of the Soul. Virtues and Vices: Judgement The Gospel invites us to examine ourselves, scrutinize our own sins, and notice the beams sticking out of our own eyes. Elder Ambrose of…
