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Ludmila Rumyantseva, a former choreography teacher, abandoned her profession in the world, but returned to it again in the sisterhood. She tells us how this experienced changed her life and the life of her students.
The prototype of the Moscow myrrh-streaming icon of the Tsar-Martyr was painted in 1996 in California, by the icon painter Pavel Tikhomirov, commissioned by representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
Saint Elisabeth Convent owns a bee yard at farmstead about a dozen kilometres outside Minsk. The bee yard is the responsibility of Nun Joanna Orlova. We interview her about the details of her obedience.
What did Christ mean when he told us to tear out our eye and cut off our hand if they tempt us? Should we take it as a call to self-mutilation?
Why was the church at the Convent farm consecrated in honour of the "Inexhaustible Chalice" icon of the Mother of God? The answer to this question lies in the history of both the icon and our mission farm.
We offer ourselves up to God by fulfilling His commandments, anticipating our imminent death, however absurd it may sound.
Mother Maria Litvinova: "The war took our best people and brought enormous grief. There are no words to describe it."
Our fixation with our moods, grudges and displeasures will not take us far in the way of God. It will not keep us from our sense of despair, frustration, disappointment and failure.
Sister Galina spends most of her working day talking to people who are grieving the loss of their loved ones. She talks about her obedience, life-changing encounters and growth in the faith as a sister of Saint Elisabeth Convent.
We invited Sister Yelena to talk about her service to God and others, her workshop and plans for spiritual and personal growth.
Christ is taking us to a new life, free from all sin, sorrow and illness. We have a whole life to look forward to while we use our time on earth to practise.
We bake the traditional Paschal bread, the semi-sweet Kulich, from wheat flour. It is tall and cylinder-shaped, with topping and glaze, and adorned with flowers.
Like no other period of the year, the Lenten weeks stand out for their fullness, intensity and depth of religious feeling. They are our journey back to God and our own selves.
Our first step in our journey of Divine Ascent is to overcome our dependence on the material things of this world, to dissociate ourselves from them.
