The small icon shows the greatest sacred object of Russia, the most beloved and worshipped by believers – the Kazan icon of the Mother of God. The wonder-working image is set into an O-shaped frame ornamented with lilies. In Christian symbolism lily is a symbol of purity, sanctity and intimacy with God. Therefore it was lily that the Archangel Gabriel brought to the Most Holy Mother of God when annunciating of the Savior being born…