On Sunday, July 21, celebrations in honor of the 400th anniversary of the glorification of the wonderworking Vyazniki Kazan Icon of the Mother of God were held in the Murom Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Sergei Shmel
This ascetic holds a special place among ancient Russian saints and is traditionally revered as the “chief of all Russian monks” because the monastery he founded on the hills of Kiev served as a center and school of ancient Russian monasticism and enlightenment for all of Rus’, for many centuries.
Over the decades, the buildings at New Skete on Mt. Athos, where the saint spent the last years of his life and where he was buried, have deteriorated, and the cover of his tomb had cracked into several pieces.
Maria Tobolova
All those whose destinies crossed the paths in life of the Royal Family unanimously testified to the moral purity of the eldest Princess, her kindness, modesty, sensitivity, and sense of justice.
Archpriest Gregory Dyachenko
The Most Holy Virgin Theotokos is the special protectress of pious Christians.