10. Achieving Artistic Equality for the Children
with Special Needs
The
largest mental Health Care Boarding Home in Europe is located in Minsk, just
near St. Elisabeth Convent. Those of us
who has met the special people living there are sure that there are things we
all can learn from them, such as impartiality, openness, sincerity, good
attitude to life and pure love… This is what makes them so happy!...read
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9. Joyful Hearts Ensemble: A Musical Group of
People with Special Needs Held its First Concert Tour
On May
14-21, the concerts of The Joyful Hearts Ensemble have been held in Europe. It consists of the people who permanently
reside in the Boarding Home for Adults with Special Needs (learn more about the
ministry at the boarding home) and is one of the permanent projects of started
by St.Elisabeth Convent. The Joyful Hearts performed in Warsaw, Berlin, Paris
and its suburbs. Brother Nicholas (Storozhenko), who was involved in
organization of the tour and accompanied the performers during their trip,
shared his feelings about this wonderful event in the life of St.Elisabeth
Convent and the Boarding Home…read
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8. "Seek
the Lord": an Interview with Nun Juliania, the Precentor of the Festive
Choir of St.Elisabeth Convent
The Festive Choir of St Elisabeth Convent celebrates
its 20th anniversary. It is a noteworthy date – a date to remember. There will
be a concert to mark this anniversary. We also released a new disc titled Seek
the Lord. This is why we decided to interview Nun Juliania (Denisova), the
precentor of the Festive Choir, and ask her to tell our readers about the
choir’s new songs, about creativity, about choir singing, and about music in
general…read
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7. An Outdoor Holiday for the Children with Special Needs
Cloudy
weather did not disrupt the Open Air project at the boarding home for children
with special needs. It seemed as if no one noticed the absence of the sun as it
was replaced by the positive energy surrounding the event that warmed and
brightened all of the surroundings. On this day, everything had a unique sound,
everything was dancing, and everything was bright and resembled a fairy tale.
It is a good thing because we do not have enough fairy tales…read
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6. Children with special needs make icons of St. John of
Shanghai and San Francisco
Children
from the boarding school for children with special needs and the convent’s
studio “Anyolak” prepared an exhibition of drawings “A gift to St. John”
devoted to the feast day of St. John of Shanghai San Francisco…read
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5. How
the Sisters of St.Elisabeth Convent Plan to Help People Using Fine Arts
Inspiration
Studio will be opened in the Church in honor of St. John of Shanghai and San
Francisco soon. This church is located on the territory of the National Applied
Research Centre of Mental Health. The lessons will target those who undergo
rehabilitation in this Centre…read
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4. How
The Chapel in the Sunday School of St. Elisabeth Convent Was Constructed
There is
a small chapel in honour of the Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope, Love, and their
mother Sophia in the building of the Private Grade School and Sunday School run
by our St Elisabeth Convent. It is still being decorated but for the most part,
the work has already been done. Every piece of work adds something important to
the general design idea. Each new detail does not only make the chapel more
beautiful but also adds some meaning to it. Even the smallest brick has its
mission…read
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3. The Sisters of St. Elisabeth Convent
Host a Fun Filled Weekend for Children with Special Needs
A joint party for children with
and without special needs took place at the Rehabilitation Center of St
Elisabeth Convent last Sunday.More Than a Birthday, or Inclusive Party for
Children at the Rehabilitation Center of St Elisabeth Convent.…read
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2. 18
Facts About St.Elisabeth Convent on its 18th Anniversary
We
recognize August 22, 1999 as the birthday of St. Elisabeth Convent. It was on
that day that the Most Rev Philaret, Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, tonsured
first novices and blessed the Rev Andrew Lemeshonok to establish a convent in
honor of the Holy Martyr Grand Princess Elisabeth…read
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1. Lots of Pain and Lots of Love: The Patron
Saint's Day in the Boarding Home for Children
November 22 will be the day of Saint
Nectarius, Metropolitan of Pentapolis and the Wonderworker of Aegina. It is also the patron saint's day
of the church located at the territory of the Boarding Home for Children with
Special Needs. It was on this day seven years ago when the first
Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the new wooden church. The sisters have been
praying to this wonderworker and ascetic, who was canonised by the Church of
Greece in 1961, since the very first days of their ministry in the boarding
home for children…read
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