Caregiving / visiting nurse service

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.

Monastics recall the taking of the tonsure ten years ago

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…

Caring for the children and adults with disabilities

The lay sisters and volunteers from the Convent of Saint Elisabeth care for the residents of several institutions.

Russian literature week at the Ichthys school

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.

Candle Production Workshop

In addition to materials and production volumes, another important aspect of the workshop’s success is the attitude and morale on the shop floor. The material is very sensitive ...

Unconditional Love

Why don't we, who have a lot of gifts, know how to appreciate and protect them? Why do those whom we consider to be disadvantaged rejoice sincerely and love unconditionally?

Valaam Chant at St Elisabeth Convent

We decided to interview the precentor of the Brothers’ Choir of St Elisabeth Convent to learn more details about the way of church singing in the Convent today.

Ceramics Studio

We offer a wide range of products and services in this field: design development and production of ceramics, making items to order.

Gold embroidery workshop

Ever since its launch, the workshops’ craftsmen have been making pieces of great beauty and magnificence.

Let us not let our faith waiver

“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” (Matthew 11:29). Who would repeat these words in a job interview?

Seek your inner freedom and beauty in Christ

Smaller worries and passions are something to be left behind; instead, we should live for the real and most important thing.

Icon Restoration Studio

Lay and monastic brothers and sisters, many of whom are professional painters and art experts, have worked on restored hundreds of icons of different types.

In praise of silence

All too often, we are too afraid of silence and will rush to fill it up. But the moments of silence are truly precious.

Planting the Seeds of Truth: Working with Schools and Universities

In our ministry in education, we see schools as vehicles for passing on to future generations the moral values that have been nourished over centuries.

On a Mission of Love: Social Ministry at St Elisabeth Convent

In our works of charity, we are mindful of the old saying: “Worry not about a roaring storm, but about a tear of a needy person”.

Icon Painting Studio

Icons are painted on thoroughly dried wooden planks covered with a coat of natural materials.

Let us not allow our souls to become numb

We all need to seek medical care when we are sick. We go to a physician to heal our bodies, and to our Doctor in Heaven to heal our immortal souls. However indispensible physicians may be on earth, our lives would become a total disaster without…

St Nicholas Church

A church in honour of St Nicholas has an icon with a particle of his relics which is one of the most precious objects in Convent.

There is nothing more than a soul may aspire to than meeting with God

The meaning of a human life and its value are determined by one's life goal. If the world is going to burn down in flames, together with all the worldly things in it, a human life, then, will be worthless, meaningless and only a chasing after…

Church in honour of the Reigning Icon of the Mother of God

At this church, all festive services and the Sacrament of Matrimony are celebrated.