Sisters of the Holy Spirit at Alsike Convent

The Sisters of the Holy Spirit (Swedish: Helgeandssystrarna) is an Evangelical-Lutheran monastic religious order of nuns of the Church of Sweden, who inhabit Alsike Convent (Swedish: Alsike kloster) in Uppsala County, Sweden. Attached to the convent is Alsike Evangelical Lutheran Church and near the convent is an Evangelical-Lutheran hermitage. The religious habit of The Sisters of the Holy Spirit includes a dove with a cross. The seven canonical hours are prayed daily at Alsike Convent. The nuns are currently three in number. In the Alsike Church, the High Mass is celebrated every Lord's Day (Sunday).

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