Svetlana Rybakova
Mother Anna was, as they say now, an icon of her age. As a little girl, she went to the funeral of Patriarch St. Tikhon with her father.
In folk tradition, this feast is referred to as the Tenth Friday, and it is from “diesiatoj piatnicy” that the most popular name for this feast, Piatieńka derives.
Metropolitan Tryphon (Turkestanov)
Her parents asked her, “What happened to you?” “Didn't you see how the Queen of Heaven came out of that corner?” the girl replied.
The rite of consecration for the church’s cornerstone, located at the corner of Bucharest Street and Kozlovsky Lane, was led by Metropolitan Barsanuphius of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, according to the website of the St. Petersburg Metropolis.
St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky), Archbishop of Crimea
How can we praise the one who is higher after the Theotokos than all the saints? He is the first of the saints in the Kingdom of Heaven.