In this episode of Questions and Answers the spiritual father of Saint Elisabeth Convent Andrey Lemeshonok answers the following question: "One of my family members has cancer. Their condition is getting worse. How to properly discuss this topic with a terminally ill person?"
Just under 20 years ago our community appeared next to a mental health institution on the outskirts of Minsk. It 'grew' from an Orthodox sisterhood serving in a psychiatric hospital. Today many of the sisters that stood at its origins have put on monastic habits.