“Miracle-working icons are granted to us by the Lord because of our lack of faith, in order to strengthen our faith. That is why we can pray with faith before absolutely any icon…We know that paper icons can also stream myrrh.”
(Oleg Viktorovich Starodubtsev, modern Russian Orthodox professor)

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