became so holy and magnificent, but the true spiritual decoration of this place and the entire north-west of russia is the miraculous tikhven icon of the mother of godwho by the grace of god is with us today. this is also a sign of her mercy. the mercy of the queen of heaven, but how could it be otherwise, how could the mother of god depart from russia, seeing the suffering of her people, deeply devoted to her, keeping faith in her, as in the queen of heaven, calling for her protection, how could she retreat from this plea, from these sufferings, from these sorrows that preceded the triumph of orthodoxy, to which we, simply by age, by time, found ourselves involved, and you especially feel this within these walls, especially praying before the miraculous image of the tikhvin mother of god, you understand again and again that the power of god is stronger than any human power, well, what could compare with the mighty godless... union, which proclaimed the construction of an absolutely godless society, all forces were thrown at this, political, scientific, technical, financial, educational, everything worked for this idea, and even one of the crazy rul