We are a convent that is open to the world and pursues an active social ministry in hospitals and long-term care institutions, in education, among bed-ridden patients, the disadvantaged and the poor. In the words of our spiritual father Andrey Lemeshonok, we were called to bring comfort to sorrowful hearts and hear their pleas for help.

The history of the sisterhood, its churches and monastics teach us one important lesson: the Lord has the power to create good things out of nothing; He can defy our understanding of our possibilities and capabilities in our lives. With Him, the impossible becomes possible. The creation of this Convent is yet another proof of this truth.

Significant exhibitions and projects:

• Solo exhibition in the Small Gallery of ULUPUDS World, Holy, Holy Lord Savaot, Belgrade 2020.

• Sixth International Biennial of Church Art in Bulgaria 2019, the work of All Sad Joys nominated for the award.

• Fifth International Biennial of Church Art in Bulgaria 2017.

• First Biennial of Contemporary Church Art in Belgrade 2018.

• Exhibition Light of the Centuries in the Cultural Center Rakovica 2019. The exhibition was repeated in Bajina Bashta 2019, as part of the manifestation Days of Rača near the Drina.

• The first solo exhibition held in the gallery of SPKD Prosvjeta in Teslić 2018.

• Exhibition of icons and frescoes to You Sun of Justice, held at PBF 2014 in Belgrade.

• Miniature 3, exhibition in the small gallery of ULUPUDS, Belgrade 2018-2019.

• Miniature 4, exhibition in the small gallery of ULUPUDS, Belgrade 2019-2020.

• Exhibition of the Painting and Graphic Section of ULUPUDS, Belgrade 2019.

• Small format of ULUPUDS, the exhibition visited ten cities in Serbia, 2019, 2020.

• Exhibition of works by newly admitted members of ULUPUDS, Belgrade 2019.

• Exhibition of gold embroidery in Manak's house in Belgrade, 2015.

• Illustration of comics for children Sveti Prohor Pčinjski, Orthodox comic edition volume 3, Vranje 2016.

Artwork 1 Size, Medium and Info: 1999, eggtempera on cotton surface, 45x45, 2021.

She is Orthodox Christian and has been an iconographer since 2012.

It is her life's passion.

"...Despite my best efforts and attempts to find a way to master iconography, I was unable to build a career out of it. But Icons are always with me. It will always be my best friend in life ".

Trisagion Films was born out of our founder’s combined love for films and the Orthodox faith. It began first as ‘Orthodox YouTube’ but soon he realized that we needed a more original name. He thought of the Greek word ‘trisagion’ which means ‘thrice-holy’ and how it is part of one of the earliest hymns and prayers of the church. So, on April 6, 2012, Trisagion Films was officially founded as a channel on YouTube. We later added a website and are now active on social media as a way to share what we create as well as communicate with our audience. May we all be guided with the help of Christ's love to enter his divine and heavenly kingdom.

I record time, ask questions, look for answers, get angry, rejoice, grieve, wander, climb my endless mountain. Where do we come from and where are we going? The Eternal Question...

In my search for an answer, I descended into the deepest and darkest depths of my soul, seeing what I would not want to see. But, there it is... I flew as high as my mind could. It all stays in my art like a footprint.

Any painting is just one, another step on my personal mountain. I do not know where the tip of the head is, but I keep climbing, keep searching...

Michael trained in the arts for 12 years at both the Carnegie Museum of Art and Carnegie Mellon University graduating with high honors and a Bachelors of Fine Art.

After graduation he immersed himself in the local contemporary art scene showing his work at numerous area art galleries. Ultimately Michael found the secular contemporary art world to be unfulfilling, that there was something missing.

He found what he was searching for right where it always was, in the Church. He had always been part of the Orthodox faith, but when it came to his art, the Church was never given serious thought and even at times was pushed away. But now, he submitted to God and told Him to do with him what He willed. Michael quit his job and also gave up the world of secular art to devote his life to the study and creation of the sacred art of iconography.

For the past 35 years Michael has created icon murals and panels for over 30 churches across the U.S. and icon panels for hundreds of individuals. He continues to enjoy the challenge of pushing his skills to greater levels and he thanks the Lord for such a tremendous blessing to be able to have a sustained career in this sacred art of the Church. Michael continues to live, paint and worship in his home town of Carnegie.

The Museum of Russian Icons is a non-profit art museum located in Clinton, Massachusetts, United States. The collection includes more than 1,000 Russian icons and related artifacts, making it one of the largest private collections of Russian icons outside of Russia and the largest in North America.

HISTORY - In the 1960s, plastics engineer Gordon B. Lankton went to work at Nypro, an international injection molded plastics company, in Clinton, Massachusetts and eventually became president. In 1989, on a business trip to Russia, Mr. Lankton purchased his first icon at an open-air market. His collection quickly grew, and eventually gave birth to the idea of starting a museum. Mr. Lankton chose Clinton for the location to give back to the community that had supported him.

The Museum is housed in a 150-year-old former mill building. A contemporary, aluminum-clad addition to the mill building accommodating the South Gallery, Library and offices was completed in 2008. The adjacent 150-year-old former courthouse and police station with holding cells was acquired in 2010 and renovated to provide additional gallery space, a terrace with a green roof, a tea room, and performance facilities accommodating lectures and concerts. Three floors of galleries display the permanent collection. A dedicated gallery features special exhibitions ranging from contemporary Russian art to icons from other Orthodox cultures. It is the only museum in the USA dedicated to Russian icons, and the largest collection of icons outside of Russia.

MISSION - The Museum of Russian Icons inspires the appreciation and study of Russian culture by collecting and exhibiting icons and related objects; igniting the interest of national and international audiences; and offering interactive educational programs. The Museum serves as a leading center for research and scholarship through the Center for Icon Studies and other institutional collaborations.

She prints Orthodox prayer books on her own handmade paper, Coptic bound in sheep parchment which she fashions from the sheep on her small farm. She co-designed the typeface, based on the codex Sinaiticus, earliest extant Greek New Testament.

He is a five-time EMMY® Award-winning actor and Critics’ Choice Award nominee, who has starred in numerous TV and films including ABC/CMT’s hit drama “Nashville” “General Hospital” “Tuck Everlasting” “The Deep End Of The Ocean” and “Insomnia”. His band Enation has performed alongside artists across the musical spectrum, including post-punk legends Echo & The Bunnymen, the iconic Sarah McLachlan, Echosmith and more. Their new album, Ultraviolet Empire, is set to be released in the fall of 2020 and is co-produced by GRAMMY® Award winning producer Colin Linden.

Jonathan is also a published author. His current books include a work of Mystical Poetry entitled, “Book of Solace and Madness” and the non-fiction prose “The Mystery of Art”, which has been translated into multiple languages.

As a young girl, she would sit on the step of the ψαλτήρι during Church services as she looked up to her grandfather chanting, hoping that one day she too would have the opportunity to learn Byzantine Ecclesiastical Music.

In 2014, Joanne found Byzantine Ecclesiastical Music classes offered to both males and females that she attended for a year and then later transitioned to private tuition.

She began to notice the different elements and tonal frequencies females have to males, which prompted her to seek further guidance from Nektaria Karantzi, an internationally acclaimed Byzantine chanter from Greece known as one of the most influential voices in Byzantine chant.

The highly gifted chanteuse of sacred and Byzantine music, Nektaria Karantzi, is inspired by her personal experience growing up as a child near Saint Porphyrios the Kafsokalyvitis. She received the blessing and encouragement of the Saint to sing for the Lord, Byzantine music. In 2013 Nektaria founded and established the Women in Byzantine Music Worldwide Association which enables female chanters worldwide to connect, unite and inspire one another.

Joanne has been a member of the Women in Byzantine Music Worldwide Association since 2014 and, together with Melbourne-based members, has begun to record hymns, offer support to one another and practice diligently to ensure they chant with the most prayerful spirit.

She was born into a musical family.

Her studies included music, poetry, and theatre.

In 2019, she released her debut album of music under her maiden surname, Hetherington.

She is a boundless talent with an inspired voice.

She was encouraged by a close friend and guide in her church to begin making original songs in the English language, with Orthodox Christian-sourced words and/or Orthodox Christian spiritual ethos, but which could be widely accessible, and hopefully consoling in these times, by people's prayers. She wrote the music for the majority of the songs, and for a few she made arrangements using pre-existing melodies.

She is currently working on a new set of original songs. This is our Interview.

Nikola positions himself as a viewer of human thought and action in areas such as art and contemporary history, theology and architecture. Current topics range from analysis of the political-religious landscape in the light of cultural and social processes to dealing with the experience of temporal and spatial conditions as well as mental and physical conditions. The focus of his artistic work lies on the threshold from existence to tran­scen­dence, in the simultaneity of opposites, the moments of paradox, the moments of recognition and the seconds of transformation.

Solo Exhibitions led him to several European countries and cities the likes of Paris, Düsseldorf, Belgrade and Thessaloniki.

His artworks were purchased by Musée Petite Palais (Paris), Collegium Orientale (Eichstätt) and Gartenkirche St. Marien (Hannover).In 2021 received the Special Prize by Hanns Lilje Stiftung.

For 2023 is preparing solo exhibitions at the Auferstehungskirche in München and at the Museum of the Hildesheim Cathedral.

Translation & adaptation for Heavenly Path podcast by Ioannis Antoniadis.

Reading by Ioannis Antoniadis.

Orthodox Chanting Choir St Elisabeth Convent https://obitel-minsk.org/

The book is published by the Holy Skete of St. Charalambous, Nea Skiti, Mount Athos. Available in Greek: https://toperivoli.gr/product/%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%AE-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%87%CE%B1-%CE%B7-%CE%B6%CF%89%CE%AE-%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82-%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%85/.