Bishop Mstislav prepares icon after removing protective packing materials.
Subdeacon Joseph Mamczij assists.
'This ikon in a silver setting is a replica of the Ikon of Theotokos of Tikhvin. Painted with the blessing of Bishop Mstislav of Tikhvin and Lodeinoye Polye, as a gift to the Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral in Chicago, Hallowed at Uspensky Cathedral of Tikhvin Assumption Monastery and enshrined with the original. Tikhvin, July 9, 2016'