A PLACE OF HOPE STILL TAKING SHAPE

Last year, many of you helped us begin a project close to our hearts at our women’s farmstead in the village of Vishnevka.

Thanks to your generosity, significant progress has already been made. We are deeply grateful to everyone who contributed and helped bring this vision closer to reality.

Over time, the original vision of a covered outdoor dining pavilion has expanded into a larger space serving the daily life of the farmstead: a summer refectory where meals can be shared, a gazebo where the sisters and residents can gather and rest after services, and a covered immersion font.

One challenge at the farmstead is helping each woman find a way to contribute according to her abilities. Hospitality has become one of the most fruitful paths.
Welcoming guests, preparing meals, and serving others allows the women to experience something essential: that they are needed. What begins as a simple task often becomes a source of dignity, purpose, and renewed trust in life.

This year we hope to continue developing this shared space, so that it may serve both the residents of the farmstead and the many pilgrims, friends, and guests who visit throughout the year.

👉 Follow the link to support the project: https://obitel-minsk.org/donate-st-elisabeth-convent

Every contribution, however modest, helps create a place where prayer, fellowship, and healing can flourish side by side.

Thank you for walking with us in this work and for helping us continue this ministry.

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At the heart of the farmstead stands the Church of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, where the Divine Services are celebrated regularly and prayers are offered for all who support this ministry.

If there are loved ones whom you would like remembered in prayer, you are warmly invited to send their names for commemoration. It is through prayer that we remain united across countries, distances, and all the changing circumstances of life.

📝 https://obitel-minsk.org/prayer-request