mount athos is called the inheritance of the most holy mother of god, the georgian people and the georgian church call themselves the inheritance of the most holy mother of god, we have never specifically called russia the inheritance the most holy mother of god, but probably nowhere in the world are there so many churches and monasteries dedicated to her holy name, and where these... days associated with the veneration of the most holy mother of god are celebrated with such spiritual power, and where prayer is addressed to the most holy mother of god with such power. and we know that even in the most terrible periods and days in our history, the russian people, the orthodox people of russia, never abandoned their prayer before the queen of heaven, received help and support. this is exactly how it was in difficult, very... difficult historical periods, when moscow - the center of russia was in danger, so it was in the city of petersburg, when a terrible enemy surrounded the city, trying to strangle it with hunger, blockade, diseases, people came to churches and prayed to the holy mother of