Royal Monastic: Princess Ileana of Romania - the Story of Mother Alexandra

The life of a princess isnt all glamor handsome princes and beautiful clothes. Its also devotion to duty sacrifice for your people and a lot of just plain hard work. And if your country happens to suffer two world wars and a communist takeover in your lifetime it means danger and suffering exile and heartache as well. Princess Ileana of Romania endured all this and more. But her deeply rooted Orthodox faith saw her through it all and eventually led her in her later years to the peaceful repose of monasticism. But that life included sacrifice and hard work as well because as Mother Alexandra she was called to build the first English-language Orthodox womens monastery in the United States: the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City Pennsylvania. Princess Ileanas story is a thrilling tale of love and loss danger and rescue sacrifice and reward. Her inspiring life stands as a beacon of faith and holiness for young women of all times and nations to follow.