The Mother of God, "Quick to Hear"

The Mother of God, "Quick to Hear"The icon of the Mother of God "Quick to Hear" the Gorgoepikoos, venerated at Docheiariou Monastery on Mount Athos honors the Theotokos for the speed with which she hears and responds to prayer. This mounted icon from Damascene Gallery invites the faithful to bring their needs with confidence to the Mother of God, who is quick to hear and swift to help.

Sergius of Radonezh and a central figure in the great monastic revival of medieval Russia

traditionally associated with the Chersonesus (Korsun) where St Vladimir the Great received baptism in 988 — the event that brought Christianity to Russia

has been the occasion of miraculous deliverances and the center of the nation's prayer in its darkest hours

His incorrupt relics were discovered in 1831 and he was glorified as a saint in the same year

Hieromonk Andrei Erastov of Holy Trinity Monastery — where Archbishop John himself served as a hierarch and where his memory is kept with special devotion — wrote this icon of St

or any occasion marking a new beginning in the spiritual life

A modern Palekh-tradition icon of St

November 8

Luke of Simferopol

This pre-20th-century Russian icon renders this mystery with the solemnity and beauty it demands

Enlightener of Alaska and North America

is depicted in this mounted icon in the gentle Russian 'soft style' characteristic of 19th-century iconography