Lena was a successful Moscow girl. When she was 23 she was running her own modeling agency, writing music, playing in a band, living in a trendy squat on Chistye Prudy and going to study composition in Berlin. It ended after the death of a close friend.
Lena's path of faith led her to Orsk, small town almost on the very border with Kazakhstan, where an unusual monastery is located. It appeared almost in an instant. Just inone year cells and temples were built and novices streamed into the monastery. Contrary to stereotypes, people there are not hermits. The nuns write music and icons, make movies and run social networks. And they don't want to return to the hustle and bustle of the world at all
00:00 Orsk Monastery - Russian Athos in the Orenburg steppes
02:58 Worship
04:56 Lena, 28, from squat on Chistye Prudy to God.
07:36 "Mom, what is the nearest monastery here?"
09:39 Calling grace
11:16 Tanya, 26, has been living in a monastery since her studies.
13:48 "Everything was against me when I was a child."
14:57 Why is the Orsk monastery so popular?
17:24 "Everyone here is simple and kind, but you are closed and evil."
20:25 "I am a soldier, I serve God."
24:24 Sudden difficulties
25:31 The monastery's housekeeping.
27:51 "I wouldn't want to go back to worldly life."
29:14 The path to God
30:44 "The story of Mother Xenia.
33:25 "Mother, I'm going to the monastery."
36:43 What is the peculiarity of the Orsk Monastery?
37:25 Why is there a Georgian temple in the monastery?
39:34 "They naturally smile because they are happy."
40:36 Tamara's story
42:05 "If you live with God, you live fully."
43:42 Guests from San Francisco
45:06 Little helpers.
46:05 "In what we cross the threshold of death, in what we will go to Eternity".
49:00 Orthodoxy is inner freedom.
51:20 How to find peace of mind?
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