Saint Elisabeth Convent (Minsk, Belarus)

The Sunday of the Myrrhbearers

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The third Sunday after Pascha is a very special feast day in the Orthodox Church. On this day, we commemorate those brave women that were with Christ after His death and were the first ones to receive the joyous news about His resurrection.

Live: All-night Vigil (Eng sub)

Video Video of the day

We invite you to share with us our moments of thoughtful prayer, contemplation and worship online with English subtitles at 16.00 CET (18:00 Minsk Time) broadcast live from our Church of the Reigning Icon of the Mother of God.

Christ Is Risen in English, French, Greek

Video of the day Video

"Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and on those in the tombs bestowing life!" these are the words of Paschal Celebration. Its author or date is unknown, but it is assumed to be older than the 6th century.

Paschal Troparion in Arabic, Finnish and Georgian

Video of the day Video

The Paschal troparion is the characteristic Troparion for the celebration of the Orthodox Pascha (Easter) in churches that follow the Byzantine Rite. Its author or date is unknown, but it is assumed to be older than the 6th century.

Father Andrey Lemeshonok on indifference to Pascha

Video of the day Video

The Pascha is the feast of feasts. Our church year and our whole life revolve around it. It exists in time and space and far beyond, in history and philosophy. It is both material and ideal, practical and abstract.

Palm Sunday - a window on the truth of our lives

Sermon of the day Sermons

Some of us might say, "If Christ came to Belarus, we would not shout to crucify Him; we would listen to Him.” We would be wrong. Few of us today will be willing to be servants to the King of Heaven and follow him through the end.

Let us not lose sight of our eternal destination

Sermon of the day Sermons

The reality is often different from our wishes. It is cruel to say to someone who is terminally ill, "You are going to get well." Instead, to talk to the person about their eternal destination is to express deep and genuine love.

The love of Christ is keeping us together

Sermon of the day Sermons

Things that happen in the world are not of God. They are the products of our passions. Wild and raging passions are driving people’s actions. Why? Because people do not know where their homeland is, what the foundation of their lives should be, or what they are living for.

Thank the Lord and follow His way

Sermon of the day Sermons

We do not exist solely to achieve some worldly goals; we live to please God! It means to be His servants, to do His will; to wish and act in the same way as He would. Sermon by priest Valery Zakharov.

Vitaly Lubetsky: we show the beauty of the Orthodox faith

Cultural

Vitaly Lubetsky is the producer of the Convent's culinary channel on YouTube called "Monastic Recipes". The channel has won popularity among our Russian-speaking audiences. We talked to Vitaly about its mission.

A window on Saint Elisabeth Convent

Photo album

When visiting is not a possibility, our slide shows can help you feel in the midst of the events. See us throughout the year, visit our workshops, farmsteads, come to our worship services online. Be a part of our life.

Health and illness as steps in our spiritual growth

Monastics

A doctor, nun Maria (Litvinova) advises people on how to stay healthy and how to respond to disease. The topic of our interview with her today is Christian attitude to health, and how it may be relevant in today's world.

Remembering the dead and rejoicing in Christ’s resurrection

Essays and interviews

There is great wisdom in celebrating Radunitsa during Paschaltide, a time filled with the joy of Christ’s resurrection. This day brings us all together on the church floor as we share the same hope of resurrection.

Pascha – the feast of feasts and a pledge of our resurrection

Essays and interviews

Christ's gift of immortality was not a discovery of the human mind. It was not the result of some grand experimental project. Immortality is as real as life itself.

The healing power of the written word

Cultural Essays and interviews

Tatyana Dashkevich is a known Russian and Belarusian poet and fiction writer, a firm Orthodox believer, and mother of two children. What impact should a writer's works have on the reader? We asked Tatyana to share her thoughts.