Minsk. St. Elizabeth Monastery.

The basis for the monastery was the Orthodox sisterhood, which since 1996 has been in charge of the Republican Clinical Psychiatric Hospital and the city Clinical Hospital number two.

There are 8 temples in the monastery.:

* upper monastery in honor of the Holy Martyr Elizabeth,

* the lower monastery church in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker,

* church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Derzhavnaya",

* the house church in honor of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg at the neuropsychiatric boarding school for adults,

* Church dedicated to the Resurrection of the Righteous Lazarus the Four-Day at the Northern Cemetery of Minsk,

* Temples dedicated to the Royal Passion-Bearers,

* The Church of the Mother of God in honor of the icon of the Inexhaustible Chalice in the village of Lysaya Gora, Minsk region,

 *the church in honor of St. Nectarius of Agin on the territory of the children's boarding school. 

Of the shrines in the temples of the monastery there are icons with fragments of the relics of St. Elizabeth and Barbara, Saints. St. Luke of the Crimea, St. Lyudmila, St. Natalia, St. St. John's.

Other buildings of the monastery include the bell tower of the Elizabethan Temple, which is duplicated on the other side by a symmetrically arranged tower in the same shapes, a refectory (frescoed), several cell buildings, and a fence with small towers.

Today, the monastery has a Sunday school in honor of the martyrs of Faith, Hope, and Love, the Ihvis secondary school, children's youth clubs and studios, a pilgrimage center with a hotel, and the Ark spiritual and educational center. It unites creative workshops, concert and theater halls, cafes, and an art gallery under one roof. 

The artists of the workshops create unique items. There are more than 20 of them at the monastery: gold embroidery, icon painting, stone painting, mosaic, candle, wood painting, sewing. In the glass workshop, they invent and embody things of extraordinary beauty: souvenirs, murals, stained glass windows. The craftsmen are inspired by Orthodox traditions and put spiritual meaning into each product. The faces of saints are "born" in Europe's largest wall painting workshop. Local craftsmen continue the traditions of Byzantine mosaics of the third and fourth centuries. Most of the work in the temple is applied to the lime frame. Its components are the same as thousands of years ago: lime, quartz sand, brick chips, bovine bile, eggs, flax. The works of Belarusian craftsmen adorn the churches of Belarus, as well as temples and monasteries in Russia., Greece, Slovenia, Serbia, Romania and other countries.

The monastery has several choirs, each of which is the pride of the monastery. Choirs produce music albums and films with recordings of performances, and you can listen to them in the walls of the St. Elizabeth Monastery for festive services and on Orthodox holidays. The monastery regularly publishes new materials from choirs all over the world.

Currently, former drug addicts, alcoholics, people released from prison, and the homeless are accepted as residents of the monastery's male and female courtyards. These people not only find shelter and support here, but also come to understand how they can move on and find a spiritual core. Many people manage to start life with a clean slate. There is an atmosphere of harmony, benevolence, mercy and helping one's neighbor.

St. Elizabeth Convent is a place of attraction for believers in Belarus and pilgrims from other countries. This is a unique center where many believers come to worship the shrines of the Orthodox faith and touch spirituality.