December 4, 2018 203 0 Orthodoxy in the United States, Firsthand Interview with Sister Margarete (Roeber), a nun at the Holy Assumption Monastery in Calistoga, California. With the blessing of her abbess, Mother…
November 20, 2018 105 0 Patriarch Tikhon as One of the Greatest Universal Saints In 2015, the Russian Church celebrated two important anniversaries of Holy Patriarch Tikhon: February 1—150 years since his birth, and on April 7—ninety years…
November 10, 2018 112 0 Sister Lyubov Aleinikova: Becoming an Orthodox Christian and a Sister of Mercy This section is about the people who are part of our Convent. We at Saint Elisabeth Convent are one big family, and it’s a…
September 26, 2018 312 0 The Problem of Children’s Confession and Fasting Before Communion Most of us are familiar with the main principle of parenting: leading with your personal example. What should you do if you are far…
September 21, 2018 122 0 “Icon is the Window into the Kingdom of Heaven”: an Interview with the Head of the Icon Painting Workshop of St. Elisabeth Convent The Reverend Sergius Nezhbort, who is a priest of our Convent and the head of our Icon Painting Studio, is our guest today. We…
September 18, 2018 151 0 If You Want Your Children to Change, Change Yourselves She thanks the Lord not only for joys but also for sorrows. Anna has had more than her fair share of sorrows in the…
September 11, 2018 89 0 We Aren’t Outcasts: We Were Chosen by Illness Their lives were literally divided into the “before” and the “after”. They used to work, make friends, dream, love, and believe… until a mental…
August 23, 2018 61 0 Saint John the Warrior and Good Films: The Film Studio of St. Elisabeth Convent There is little information about Holy Martyr John the Warrior. He was an officer in the army of Emperor Julian the Apostate sent to…
August 3, 2018 109 0 An Interview with Patriarch Bartholomew I on the Place of the Church in the World This interview comes days after His All Holiness paid a visit to Bulgaria for the opening of new churches in the Burgas region where…
July 22, 2018 600 0 St. Xenia of Petersburg Helped a Muslim Woman to Become an Icon-painter Everything came together in Alla Mescherova’s life seemingly as it should: auditing classes in the Repin Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, then learning…
