The miraculous icon of the Unburnt Thornbush(Neopalimaya Kupina) was highly venerated in Russia as a protection from fire. Virgin Mary is depicted in the central position with her child in oval mandala. The points of the eight-pointed “slava” (“Glory”) represent divine light and the Eighth day of Creation, the Day of Eternity. The four evangelists Matthew, Mark, John, and Luke represented allegorically as an angel, eagle, lion, and ox.