In every Russian house, from a peasant hut to a boyar mansion, next to the icons of the Savior and the Mother of God there was an icon of St. Nicholas. In Rus', he became “their” saint - St. Nicholas the Pleasant, to whom they prayed for the harvest, for protection from all sorts of misfortunes - drought, pestilence, plague, unrighteous libel, for healing from illnesses, etc. It was believed that everything that was asked of the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker , will be granted with sincere faith in prayer. This is the meaning of the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker - the people's intercessor and defender. It is found in every small rural church, and in the largest churches, and everywhere prayer is offered before the icon of St. Nicholas no less often than before the faces of Jesus and the Virgin Mary.
