Thanksgiving Day is an official federal holiday in both the United States and Canada. The holiday celebrates the harvest and the blessings of the previous year; it has historic and Christian roots.
Georgian Orthodox Chant "O come, let us worship...": O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ. / O Son of God, / Who art risen from the dead, save us who chant unto Thee, / alleluia. It is chanted at the Divine Liturgy during the Small Entrance.
In New Jerusalem, angels sing everywhere. Church choir singing and church music remind us of the singing of the angels. They are indispensable to our lives of prayer and worship. Even the reading is done in a singing voice.
"It's clear that we're crushed and split by sin; it's clear that there're a lot of unclean things in us, and it's very likely that we can't confess it even to ourselves."
On the 22nd of August our convent celebrated anniversary, 22 years since the establishment of the Convent. We suggest you taking a look how it all started. More than three hundred sisters work in the Sisterhood now.
Would we not say that our present world has many similarities with the land of Gerasenes? Is it not a world that believes only in the unlimited power of modern medicine but cares too little about spiritual health and salvation in the faith?
When we go to Church and trust our Lord, we have no reason to complain. So let us live as Christians and thank the Lord in our prayers.
Today, we commemorate the Icon of the Holy Theotokos "Joy of All Who Sorrow". It sends us a powerful message: joys and sorrows are two sides of the same coin.
Our pleasures in this world are finite, shallow and illusory. They can bring us the sensation of momentary happiness, but to agree to spend the whole eternity in this state of self-deception would be sheer madness.
With its lockdowns and restrictions on travel, the pandemic sent us looking for innovative ways to keep in touch and share with you the delight of the Christmas season. As a solution, we launched our online Christmas market initiative.
Repenting his past sins, he repaid fourfold the means that he had wrongfully taken from others, gave away the remainder of his estate and went with the apostles. He witnessed the torments, death and resurrection of Christ.
Natalya Orlovskaya, a sister of mercy, has the talent of comforting the desperate and grieving. According to Natalya, this talent is a gift from God. We talked to Sister Natalya about discovering God and how it can bring happiness to our lives.
At Saint Elisabeth Convent, Elena Dubovik is a sister of mercy. We asked sister Elena to tell us more about her obediences in the mental and tuberculosis clinic. We asked her how her service gives inspiration and hope to the patients and helps…
Should we make compromises even in situations when this may appear as a concession to evil? In which Christian commandments should we take our guidance? We find answers in the life of Saint John the merciful.
Monastics are people who fend for themselves. They go it alone and ascetise out of everybody's view.
Brother Alexander is the man in charge of the monastic horse stable. We interviewed him about his coming to the farmstead. What difference did it make in his life? And how does he see his tomorrow?
Priest Alexander Naseko is the head of the Synodal Division of Missionary Work of the Belarusian Orthodox Church and a special guest at our Convent's festival "Joy of the Protection of the Mother of God" that closed this October. He spoke to…
