“When you are about to pray to the Most-Holy Mother of God, be firmly assured, before praying, that you will not depart from her without having received mercy.

To think thus and to have confidence in her is meet and right. She is, the All-Merciful Mother of the All-Merciful God, the Word, and her mercies, incalculably great and innumerable, have been declared from all ages by all Orthodox Churches; she is, indeed, an abyss of mercies and bounties, as is said of Her in the canon of Odigitry.”

+ St. John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ

“The Most Holy Mother of God prays for us ceaselessly. She is always visiting us. Whenever we turn to her in our heart, she is there. After the Lord, she is the greatest protection for mankind. How many churches there are in the world that are dedicated to the Most Holy Mother of God! How many healing springs where people are cured of their ailments have sprung up in places where the Most Holy Theotokos appeared and blessed those springs to heal both the sick and the healthy! She is constantly, by our side, and all too often we forget her.”

+ Elder Thaddeus