{"id":46302,"date":"2023-01-11T18:32:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T17:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/?p=46302"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:12:37","slug":"by-2023-01-11-keep-working-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/ru\/by-2023-01-11-keep-working-sisters\/","title":{"rendered":"BY 2023.01.11 Keep Working Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dmitri<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dmitri Lemeshonok, the son of Andrei Lemeshonok<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Nuns Supporting the Killing of Ukrainians<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Save Putin’s Empire, Keep on Working, Sisters<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Keep Working Sisters! The Monastery in Minsk has repeatedly been caught up in scandalous stories, Christian Visions reports<\/a>. Back in 2020, the monastery was at the center of scandals because it supported state terror against Belarusian civilians, and now it is supporting Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Andrey Lemeshonok, the clergyman of St. Elisabeth Monastery, claims<\/a> that the whole world is against Russia and Russian Orthodox followers. He calls life in the West sinful and godless and says that Russian Orthodox followers don\u2019t need this \u201cfree world, where everything has been turned upside down\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He hopes that Russia will occupy the Donbas region of Ukraine and urges<\/a> everyone to pray for Lukashenko, Putin, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu, and Foreign Minister Lavrov.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Monastery of St. Elisabeth arranged a religious procession under the Katyusha
and with Russian flags in Minsk, 2023.05.09<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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At the monastery\u2019s grounds, Belarusian teenagers were trained <\/a><\/strong>
to assemble and dismantle automatic weapons.<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\"Cover-Up<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cover-Up, Abductions, Indoctrination, and Psychological Manipulation<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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A group, \u201cHelp to the Brothers\u201d, has been formed at the monastery. The group works to meet the demands of the Russian military, of which there are many, not only clothes, footwear, or medicines, but also money to buy items that are being used in combat operations: radios, copters, and thermal imagers. One of the envelopes with cash was clearly labeled \u201cfor body armor and helmet\u201d. Every 2 weeks, the sisters send collected supplies to Moscow, where they are being distributed further afield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2753Where does the money come from\u2753<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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One of the major income streams of St. Elisabeth\u2019s Monastery is the sale of products from the monastery\u2019s workshops as well as a resale of tacky Chinese-made knick-knacks under the guise of workshop products abroad. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nuns from St. Elisabeth Convent in Minsk expelled from fairs in Poland and Slovakia<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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For decades, the multinational team equipped with a range of language skills got dressed as Sisters of Mercy and drove trucks all over Europe, selling various souvenirs, books, and church paraphernalia for foreign currency. These sales were accompanied by claims that the proceeds from such sales go to the social activities and projects of the monastery to help the destitute and needy in Belarus, write \u201cChristian Vision\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the best place for these money-generating sales has always been Christmas Fairs, and not in Belarus but in Europe!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not without the help of the Belarusian diaspora, Europeans gradually began to learn about their activities. Daria Schut from Norway told<\/a> local media that religious communities should refrain from receiving the sisters or at least be aware that the monastery supports Russian aggression and promotes Russian propaganda narratives. However, this didn\u2019t prevent the sisters\u2019 visit<\/a> in May and in December either<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Human rights activists in the UK managed to stop<\/a> the monastery\u2019s participation in the famous Winchester Christmas Fair. Tatiana Salvidge, a Belarusian, informed the local community that the funds raised by the monastery could be used to help the Russian military in Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the monastery\u2019s participation in a Christmas fair in Sweden has been canceled.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, at the very same time, in December 2022, the monastery\u2019s stall was seen in Florence<\/a> and Belgium.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Poland, activists spotted the monastery\u2019s stalls and spent a lot of time telling shoppers that the money collected from sales could be going to support the war in Ukraine. Representatives of the national-democratic Belarusian RUH <\/a>movement have started a petition demanding the Polish Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church in Poland to ban the monastery from trading activities on Polish territory during Christmas events.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The People\u2019s Embassies of Belarus<\/a> are actively distributing information about the activities of the St. Elizabeth\u2019s Monastery to politicians and media in their countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It became obvious that by allowing the abode to participate in different types of Fairs and markets, we, Europeans, unknowingly, are financially supporting the war and the killing of Ukrainian people.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, would we still chant, \u201cKeep working, Sisters!\u201d after all?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u0418\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043a:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

People\u2019s Embassies of Belarus
2023.01.11 # \u201cKeep working, Sisters!\u201d or a story about the nuns of St. Elizabeth\u2019s Monastery in Minsk who are subsidizing the killing of Ukrainians.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The St. Elisabeth Monastery in Minsk is under fire for allegedly funding the Russian military. While Sisters of Mercy sells goods at European Christmas fairs under the guise of charity, reports reveal the monastery supports the war in Ukraine, provides tactical gear to soldiers, and promotes pro-Kremlin propaganda.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[64,85,83,87,81,79,66,84],"class_list":["post-46302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scandals-andrei-lemeshonok","category-roc-russian-world","tag-andrei-lemeshonok","tag-businessman-andrei-lemeshonok","tag-charlatan-andrei-lemeshonok","tag-child-abductions-and-andrei-lemeshonok","tag-sect-leader-andrei-lemeshonok","tag-st-elisabeth-monastery","tag-the-russian-world","tag-84"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85044,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46302\/revisions\/85044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}