When the Virgin Mary, also with child, visited her kinswoman Saint Elizabeth, the child in her womb leapt in joy at the presence of the Savior and Saint Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost and greeted the Virgin as blessed among women. In our icon she holds a scroll quoting the Psalmist: "Praise ye the Lord Who maketh the barren woman to be a joyful mother." She is the patron of barren women and the pro-life movement.