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One night in 1500, an ethereal glow appeared on the tranquil waters of the Svisloch River. There, floating serenely on the river's surface, was an icon of the Mother of God, its light ascending heavenwards.
On August 22, we will celebrate the birthday of our Convent. Twenty three years ago on this day, Metropolitan Philaret of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, tonsured three of our sisters to Rassophore and blessed seven…
In the 15th century, Orthodox ascetics Zosimas, Savvatii and Herman set foot on the Solovetski Archipelago in the White Sea, 165 kilometres North of the Polar Circle, to live a life as hermits and ascetics in solitary prayer.
Like many Belarusian New Martyrs, hieromartyr John Voronets faced persecution, but remained true to his priestly calling, professing the Christian faith until his last breath.
Witness how a simple 'yes' became 'die and rise' for Sister Sofia as she steers a 120-bed guesthouse into a school of mercy. Learn why pilgrims come, how grace changes hearts, and how service can heal you.
There are quite a few Orthodox feasts that the faithful celebrate in summer every year. However, one of them definitely stands out to a lot of people. It is the Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ.
On August 19th (August 6th according to the Gregorian calendar), we celebrate another very special Great Feast of the Orthodox Church - the feast of the Transfiguration of our God, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Following their glorification, the relics of Blessed Eudokia and her disciples Daria, Daria, and Maria were exhumed and rest in the Dormition Church in Suvorovo (formerly Puzo).
At the beginning of the Dormition Fast, a liturgy and a holy cross procession on the second-highest point in Belarus has become our good tradition. It reminds the people of their ascent to heaven, it calls on them to rise above their everyday…
The Dormition Fast starts on 14 August and ends two weeks later, on 28 August (for the parishes and communities use the old calendar (Julian)). The dates of the Dormition Fast are not variable, and the year 2025 is not an exception.
Saint Basil the Blessed is remembered as a Moscow miracle worker. He even threw rocks at miracle-working icons and was daring enough to denounce the terrifying Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible for shedding innocent blood.
We share a newly prepared English rendering of St Silouan the Athonite’s On the Mother of God — from the writings of St Silouan. In it, St Silouan contemplates Her immeasurable love and Her sorrow at the Cross.
Around Mother Manefa were people from all walks of life — young and old, high-ranking individuals and simple labourers, those plagued by misfortunes and those well-settled in life.
For nearly a millennium, the Mother of God, Odigitria, has shown our Orthodox people the way to salvation through historical trials and hardships. This divine patronage, according to tradition, began in 1046.
