November 13, 2018 Soul Warmers, or Where Plush Friends Come From: the Unique Textile Workshop of St. Elisabeth Convent How do toys come to be? Of course, they are brought to us by a stork right into a bed… where children find…
November 8, 2018 Non-Ferrous Metals Workshop: How the Craftspeople of St. Elisabeth Convent Create High-quality Church Goods “Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house.” A godly heart feels God’s beauty and tries to multiply it and spread it around….
October 24, 2018 “Listening Is One Thing. You’ve Got to Think and Feel”: Nun Juliania (Denisova) on “The Royal Voice” Festival The Church in honour of the Reigning icon of the Mother of God in St Elisabeth Convent was filled with a very special devotional…
October 23, 2018 How Icons Are Born in the Icon-painting Studio of St. Elisabeth Convent People often ask a lot of questions concerning the icons created by the icon-painters of St. Elisabeth Convent and iconography in general. Why does…
October 6, 2018 Photo Blog: the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in St. Elisabeth Convent September 27, 2018 St. Elisabeth Convent
September 5, 2018 “The Choir Was Teaching Me”: Nun Juliania (Denisova) about Her Path to Monasticism and St. Elisabeth Convent I came to the Convent with a great but probably naïve desire to turn from a boss into a subordinate and obey someone at…
September 4, 2018 How the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God Was Celebrated in St. Elisabeth Convent Photos by Elena (Strashnova)
August 16, 2018 Our Icon Painters Have Painted a Full-Figure Icon for a Church in Canada An icon of Saint Mardarije of Libertyville and Saint Sebastian of Jackson will soon appear in the Church in honour of All Saints of…
July 25, 2018 The Lord is our Main Craftsman: A Large Photo Blog about the Working Process in the Mosaic Workshop The Church on Blood is built on the place of Ipatiev house, where the members of the family of Tsar Nicholas II spent their…
July 24, 2018 St. Elisabeth Convent Celebrates the Feast Day of Holy Royal Martyr Grand Duchess Elisabeth On July 18th, 2018 the feast day of the convent was celebrated, commemorating the Holy Royal Martyr Grand Duchess Elisabeth – the patron saint…
July 17, 2018 Drawing Spiritual Inspiration from the Russian North: A Pilgrimage of the Convent’s Workshop From June 17 to 23 the workshop of non-ferrous metals went on a pilgrimage trip to the Northern Russian region. The last and main…
July 6, 2018 Helping a Nursing Mom. A Comfort Toy – a New Item Made by the Toy Workshops of St. Elisabeth Convent for Newborn Children “A mother’s touch” – this is the name of the new items created in the toy workshops of St. Elisabeth Convent. It has the…
