The Life of the Convent | The Catalog of Good Deeds https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog Fri, 07 Apr 2023 08:11:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/cropped-favicon-32x32.png The Life of the Convent | The Catalog of Good Deeds https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog 32 32 160050777 Icon: the Window into the Kingdom of Heaven https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2023/04/icon-the-window-into-the-kingdom-of-heaven https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2023/04/icon-the-window-into-the-kingdom-of-heaven#comments Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:32:14 +0000 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/?p=39987

Father Sergius Nezhbort, who is a priest of our Convent and the head of our Icon Painting Studio, is our guest today. We are...

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Icons are indispensable objects in the Orthodox Church, and through them, we return to the first image and converse with the Lord, the Theotokos...

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You have reached this page, so maybe you have donated to the Catalogue of St. Elizabeth Convent, or you are interested in church items...

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Following a good tradition, we held our Easter Basket charity event just before Easter this year. We collect donations annually to buy gifts on...

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Recently we had a guest in our Convent – Aaron Barwell from England. It was so nice to meet this meek and pious man....

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The great feast of the Nativity is coming to the women’s farmstead of Saint Elisabeth Convent, where some thirty women with troubled lives have...

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The work of a restorer combines elements of art, history, chemistry and even investigation. Each icon has its own story, which the restorer should...

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Everyone entering the Sovereign Church of St Elisabeth Convent for the first time will be struck by the majestic beauty of its opalescent vaults....

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We have recently updated our Catalog of Products from St Elisabeth Convent. We became inspired by this idea almost a year ago, but it...

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People with materialistic beliefs are often overwhelmed by doubt when they see evil-doers prosper and live long lives, while those trying to stay true...

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