Feastdays and ordinary days

Alexander Nevsky church consecrated by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
Our convent has been waiting for this day for almost 20 years. Its heart, its main church named in honor of Saint Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky has been consecrated. On the 19th of May, the day of Holy Myrrh-Bearers, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill performed a solemn act of consecration.

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Conditions for perfect prayer. Talk by Metropolitan Afanasiy of Limasol (Cyprus)
Great Lent is the most beautiful time in the life of a Christian; it is a time when we are especially close to repentance and prayer. The well-known preacher Metropolitan Afanasy of Limasol talks about the conditions for perfect prayer. The talk was translated from Greek by sisters of the convent.

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"The Gift of Christ"
On Christmastide week, the students of two Sunday schools operating at our monastery, congratulated their guests on the Nativity of Christ: their teachers, family, friends, and church parishioners.

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If you want to know yourself, begin helping others
“It is really beneficial for me to be working here, I discovered lots of "black holes" in my heart I didn't even suspect of! I always used to think about myself that I was very patient and calm, but as soon as I started communicating, talking with our patrons – and among them are homeless, sick, and simply old people with distorted world-view, psychological traumas – I suddenly discovered in me so many “barbs”. So, if anyone wants to get to know himself, one should start helping others, doing the acts of mercy, and these will immediately show you who you are! And then your heart will begin to respond to another's pain.”

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