An estimated 250,000 faithful filled streets along the banks of the Moscow River here on Sunday, June 27, 2004 as the wonderworking Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God was carried in procession from Christ the Savior Cathedral, past Saint Basil Cathedral and the Kremlin, to the Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Red Square, marking the icon’s “return home” after a 55-year sojourn in the United States. Read more here.
