PERSONAL STORIES

Growing up during wartime - the memories of Mother Maria

Mother Maria Litvinova: "The war took our best people and brought enormous grief. There are no words to describe it."

How to make your children enjoy their Lenten journey

Children are flexible, and they can fast with great enthusiasm. But it helps to be creative.

Encountering death and returning to life: Igor Kobzev's story

Igor Kobzev was one out of many struck by the Coronavirus epidemic. The doctors who treated him call his recovery a miracle. Igor shared with us his first-person account about his struggle with the illness, the power of prayer and God's intercession.

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.