PERSONAL STORIES

The healing power of the written word

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.

If You Want Your Children to Change, Change Yourselves

She thanks the Lord not only for joys but also for sorrows. Anna has had more than her fair share of sorrows in the course of her life. Her oldest son Alexander fell prey to drug dependency.

There Must Not Be Trickery in the Church

An interview with Matushka Olga Sholkova, the precentor of the Parish Choir of the Church in honour of Pantanassa icon of Theotokos (Minsk), which will participate in the Majestic Sound Festival this year.

Conversations with the Geronda

God allows the devil to do evil to make a man fight. After all, you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. Had the devil not tempted us, we might have imagined ourselves to be saints. That is why God lets him pester us with his anger.

We Found Answers to Our Questions in the Orthodox Church

We met Elizabeth Wingård and her husband Basilius in Ichthys School where they assisted in teaching English to our students. They came to us from Sweden. Their stay in the Convent was filled with various activities.

One of Us: Father Eugene Pavelchuk

One of our clergy father Eugene Pavelchuk tells about his childhood, youth, way to the Church and St Elisabeth Convent.