Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II: "This book is a living testimony of the ascetic life of a particularly revered Moscow saint, whose relics have been resting since 1998 in the monastery revived in the mid-nineties of the last century in honor of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos. This monastery, again became a place of monastic exploits, a place of prayer, especially dear to the believing heart of those that within its walls on May 2, 1999, with a large gathering of people, the rite of canonization of the blessed old woman Matrona, an ascetic of piety of the 20th century, took place. The Blessed Lady of Christ shines with a special light among the great host of Russian saints who are coming to the Throne of God.