Sisters Olga and Natalia, two nuns from the Orthodox Monastery of St. Elizabeth in Minsk, Belarus, will speak at St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday July 29 , after Divine Liturgy (about 11 AM).
The monastery is situated on the premises of a state-supported psychiatric hospital that treats about 12,000 patients a year. The sisters offer spiritual help to the mentally disabled adults and children, alcoholics, drug addicts and other disadvantaged people. The monastery has also acquired a parcel of land where about 60 people — previously homeless, alcoholics, drug addicts, or prisoners — live and work. The sisters try to help them start a new life. Work has begun on the organization of an orphanage.
On the premises of the monastery are a variety of workshops producing religious items such as hand-painted and printed icons, ceramics, embroidery, beeswax candles, vestments, woodwork, and CDs.
The sisters will speak and show a film about their life and service and accept donations for their charitable work and for the further construction of the monastery.
The sisters should be arriving Friday, and celebrate the services for the Apostles Peter and Paul with us (Friday 6:30 PM, Sat liturgy 9:00 AM) and possibly vigil on Saturday.
Call 972 529-2754 for more information.
The icon was painted at St. Elizabeth’s of Soviet-era martyr Pavlin, Bishop of Mogilev (1879-1937)