Life stories from the women’s farmstead of Saint Elisabeth Convent

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✏ At the farmstead, all spiritual life revolves around the church, recently rebuilt after a fire.
Its past is lying in ashes, and so are the former lives the women residents.
They are working hard to find healing to their souls, and Nun Barbara is helping them.
In this film, the women share stories of their lives, struggles and hopes.

✏ How often do we not appreciate the simple joys that make our lives happy and complete? Like waking up every morning in our own bedroom? Or drinking our favourite blend of tea with the biscuits and candy that we like and can always afford to buy? Or being able to embrace our children and to call our husbands when we want? Having a sober mind, breathing fresh air, and enjoying the beautiful scenery as we drive our own car?
The women who live at St. Elisabeth Convent’s farmstead have none of these. Some have no place to live; others have one or more criminal convictions. They know what it is to be abandoned and/or betrayed by their loved ones, and are still struggling to come to terms with this. Many have had their children taken away from them and placed in orphanages. Signs of alcohol dependency are visible on the faces of many women. Some have mental disorders. Everyone here has a different story, which they will not share easily with an outsider, or even with a newcomer, but all speak with adoration about Nun Barbara (Atrasevich) who keeps this place running. The farmstead was established in 2011 in a former military base near Vishnyovka village, some 25 kilometres from Minsk.

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