The power of God is made perfect in weakness: the sisters of the Varvara Sisterhood visited an amazing familytranslated

There are meetings after which you cannot return to your usual inner bustle for a long time. Not because they are outwardly significant, but because they unexpectedly reveal a simple and unbearably clear truth: a person is strong not when he succeeds in everything, but when he, remaining in his weakness, does not stop moving towards the light.

This is exactly what happened at home with a disabled guy and his elderly mother, to whom the sisters of the Varvara Oshmyany sisterhood came on the days after the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this house, prayer lives not “if possible,” but like breathing—quiet, everyday, hard-won. The morning and evening rules are read here while sitting: the body does not allow it otherwise. But when “I Believe” sounds, mom stands up: faith, the axis of her life, turns out to be stronger than weakness in her.

In this family, despite trials and temptations, more than one generation of Church ministers has grown up: among the relatives there are priests and mothers. The grandchildren here are always warmed with love, guided by wise advice and an example of how to live with God in the heart.

Since the mistress of the house’s eyesight began to fail over the years, the sisters brought her a Gospel in large print as a gift from the rector of the church. Also, given the strict diet,…