"Great Lent will be a spring for our souls despite anything that we may be afraid of. Much is to be changed in our life starting with food and ending perhaps with the entire way of our thoughts and feelings. Great Lent tunes us up."
Brother Nicholas is a lay brother in our community. He is in the Convent for more than 10 years. In this video, he shares his personal experience on the way to Great Lent, the story that he remembers even today.
"Right now the Church invites us to work on ourselves. It also gives us the beauty and greatness of Lenten spiritual texts and hymns. It’s the saints’ thoughts written down on paper. The Church gives it to us so that we can reach the Holy Pascha."
"Kupalinka" is a well-known Belarusian folk song. It is about a girl who weeds the roses in the garden, plucks flowers and turns them into a wreath. The song is performed by St Elisabeth Convent's Monastic Choir during their concerts in Great Britain.