According to some sources, the Tikhvin icon is considered to be contemporary with the Most Holy Mother of God. It was written by Luke the Evangelist. Her face has over and over impressed the people with its miraculous properties, which are of great importance to the whole nation. The holy face of Byzantinesque writing is one of the main sacred objects of the Tikhvin Church, which is located in Moscow. As believed, during the Great Patriotic War it was this face that was moved over the capital by plane, after which the fascist invaders were defeated. The replica of this miraculous icon is also kept in the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Moscow Kremlin. But the icon is also revered in the other churches of Moscow such as the Trinity Cathedral, the Temple of Tikhvin Icon of Our Lady in Suschev, the Novodevichy Convent for women. On Lishchikova hill there is the Temple of Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God, in Zyuzino — the Temple of Pious Saints Boris and Gleb, and in Bogorodsky — the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior.
The Tikhvin Icon of Our Lady helps people to recover from the souls' ailments and joint diseases, to guard against the deception in business. It helps people to recover from paralysis and epilepsy and even to recover sight.