Icon of the nevskaya mother of god ''quick to hear'' (Holy Trinity Publications)

The icon of the Mother of God 'Quick to Hear' is widely venerated throughout the Orthodox world; a copy of the icon survived both a fire and the destruction of churches under communism to come to rest at the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg. This offers a short history of the icon's place in the Russian Orthodox Church and recounts some of the miracles associated with its veneration.