The St. Elisabeth Convent in Minsk, whose nuns still sell their goods at fairs in European countries, is raising funds for assault units composed of Russian convicts. Information about this appeared on the monastery’s Telegram channel.
This is stated in a report by the online outlet Vot Tak.
In particular, the focus was on supporting servicemen of the “Storm-V” assault units of the Russian army, which consist of former prisoners.
Despite the fact that among the servicemen of “Storm-V” there are maniacs, cannibals, and dismemberers, representatives of the Belarusian monastery present to their readers a heroic and romanticized image of criminals who have gone to war.
“On all fronts they are at the spearhead of the attack, they are not given medals or orders. Those who follow receive the awards. And when they were surrounded, they called down FAB air-dropped bombs on themselves, both in Kupiansk, and in Zolotyi Kolodets, and in other places,” the monastery’s public page states.
Donations to Russian convicts participating in the full-scale aggression against Ukraine are proposed to be transferred either to a card of the Belarusian bank BelVEB or to Russia’s Sberbank. Parishioners of the St. Elisabeth Convent in Minsk can leave their donations for the needs of “Storm-V” directly in the church, as stated on the Telegram channel, they are labeled with the words “For the children of Donbas.”
As reported by the media, the annual income received by the monastery from online trade, including wholesale and luxury items, as well as from the participation of its nuns in fairs in European countries, may amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Despite the fact that on its platforms the St. Elisabeth Convent openly declares its support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, its representatives continue to travel to European countries.
As LF reported, the Church of Sweden officially recommended not inviting the nuns of the St. Elisabeth Convent, pointing to its subordination to the Moscow Patriarchate under the leadership of Patriarch Kirill Gundyaev, as well as to the monastery’s alleged links with Russian military intelligence, the GRU, and public statements interpreted as justification of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Earlier, in connection with the monastery’s participation in a Christmas fair in Norway, the Belarusian association Razam in Norway stated that the monastery operates within the orbit of the concept of the “Russian world” and supports the rhetoric of the so-called “holy war” against the West and Ukraine.
