Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
Moscow, Russia (1701)
In 1689, hymns had been sung at the Ascension Monastery in Moscow and someone forgot to extinguish the candle before leaving the church. The candle fell, and the flames burned the church but the Kazan Icon did not suffer any damage. In a fire in the Kremlin on June 19, 1701, the Palace and Ascension Monastery were consumed by flames. During that fire, the daughter of the deceased prince, entered his tomb and prayed before the Kazan Icon. The Icon remained behind. In the course of an inventory taken to see whether everything had been removed from the church, they found the Kazan Icon. No one knew how it got there, as no one had taken it from the church. It later miraculously returned to its original spot.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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