This small but expansive work is a window into churchly culture as the reader is drawn into the journey of the Mt. Athos Icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear” to Russia in 1877. Through God’s grace a new and distinct icon emerged, now recognised as the Nevskaya Icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear.” This God protected icon survived both a fire and the destruction of churches under communism. In 1958 it was moved to the St Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg. Many Orthodox believers attribute the saving of Leningrad from Nazi’s to this icon. This book will inspire the reader with stories of the help and consolation given through it to faithful from all walks of life: farmers, merchants, homemakers, soldiers, dukes, and duchesses; including the much loved St Elizabeth the New Martyr.
| Dimensions | 127 × 178 in |
|---|---|
| Author Name | Gennady Belovolov |
| Format | BC |
| Publication Date | 20101122 |
| Imprint | |
| Pages | 96 |
| Publisher | |
| Translator | Sergio Tancredo Sette Camara E Silva |
| Language | English |
| Book Dimensions | 178 × 127 mm × 7 mm |
| Format Detail | Paperback |
Foreword
The Translation of the Icon of the Nevskaya
Mother of God “Quick to Hear” to St. Petersburg
The Chapel of Sts. Nicholas and Alexander
The Glorification of the Icon
“Quick to Hear” in St. Petersburg
The Grand Duke Sergius Alexandrovich,
Honorary Warden of the Myra-Lycia Chapel
Hieromonk George, Man of Prayer of the
Mother of God “Quick to Hear”
The Building of the Church of Sts. Nicholas and
Alexander—The Bari Dependency in Petrograd
The Consecration of the Church of
Sts. Nicholas and Alexander
Hieromonk Neophyt, the New Rector of
the Church of Sts. Nicholas and Alexander
The Royal Martyrs, Venerators of the
Mother of God “Quick to Hear”
Grand Duchess Elizabeth and the Icon
of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear”
Archpriest Vladimir Shamonin—Servant
of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear”
The Church is Closed and Destroyed
Protectress During the Siege
The Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Home of the
Icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear”
The first moleben is served at the former site
of the church of Sts. Nicholas and Alexander
“. . . to name her the ‘Nevskaya Quick to Hear’”
Endnotes
Bibliography and Related Literature
