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The artisans in the stained glass workshop have achieved high levels of mastery in working glass. If carefully handled, glass products are everlasting. Glass retains its brightness even after 100 years.
Cutting off their own will, the sisters go through changes until finally a new personality is born, a follower of Christ, a nun.
The main product of the textile and felting workshop are original hand-made toys.
Skilled artisans work side by side with the disadvantaged residents of the monastic farmsteads.
Over the years, the artists have developed their techniques and improved their skills. To do the job well, the artist must have physical stamina and quick reflexes...
Not every generation is destined to meet along its path such a blessed gift from heaven as was the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna for her time, for she was a rare combination of exalted Christian spirit, moral nobility, enlightened mind.
Many years have passed since Belarus was freed from fascism. But we hold close the memory of those who did not live to see the Victory. In our fast-paced world everything changes, but the truth. It is therefore important that the memory remains.
How has life at the Convent changed in light of the epidemic, and how is everyone coping? We went out and interviewed the people involved.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ! It gives us great joy to share with you the good news: two of our monastic sisters who were the first to be diagnosed with COVID-19 have fully recovered.
The establishment of a chapel in honour of St Xenia of Petersburg in the boarding home No. 3 for adults with special needs in Minsk fifteen years ago was a good start of the future Convent.
This is a workshop with an extensive portfolio, upholding the centuries-old traditional techniques based on the use of smalt, a unique material of opaque glass.
This church is currently being built on the territory of the Women’s farmstead/rehabilitation Centre of St Elisabeth Convent.
This church is in honour of the Righteous Lazarus. It was consecrated at the Northern Cemetery in Minsk on May 10, 2005.
The frescoes in this church inspire compassion and illuminate God’s mercy.
It is in this church that the Sacrament of Baptism is usually held.
All icons in this church were painted by the Convent’s icon painters in accordance with the Russian and Byzantine samples…
A Visiting Nurse Service was set up in the summer of 2014. It combines spiritual nurturing, psychological support, and everyday assistance for bedridden elderly patients.
On 3 January, the monastic farm at Lysaya Gora celebrated the anniversary of an important and memorable event in its history, and in the life of the Convent of St. Elisabeth. Ten years ago, Metropolitan Philaret of Minsk and Slutsk and Bishop…
The lay sisters and volunteers from the Convent of Saint Elisabeth care for the residents of several institutions.
As a part of the celebration of great works of Russian literature, the teachers and students of the Convent’s school ‘Ichthys’ reconstructed the experience of the school years of Alexander Pushkin.
