Maria Skobtsova

Maria Skobtsova
Maria with Nikolai Berdyaev and Stefan Tsankov, 1930
Born
Elizaveta Yurievna Pilenko

20 December 1891
Died31 March 1945 (aged 53)
Cause of deathPoison gas
TitleMayor of Anapa
Political partySocialist-Revolutionary Party
Spouse(s)Dmitry Kuzmin-Karavayev (m. 1910-19??; divorced)
Daniil Skobtsov (dissolved 1932)[1]
Children3
AwardsRighteous among the Nations

Mother Maria of Paris
Saint Maria Skobtsova of Paris
Righteous Martyr
BornElizaveta Pilenko
20 December 1891
Riga, Russian Empire
Residence77, Rue de Lourmel, Grenelle, 15th Arrondissement of Paris
Died31 March 1945
Ravensbrück Concentration Camp, Fürstenberg/Havel, Germany
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Episcopal Church
Anglican Church of Canada
Anglican Church of Australia
Canonized1 May 2004[2], Istanbul by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
Feast20 July[3] [July 7 Old Calendar]

Maria Skobtsova (20 [8 Old Calendar] December 1891 – 31 March 1945), known as Mother Maria (Russian: Мать Мария), Saint Mary (or Mother Maria) of Paris, born Elizaveta Yurievna Pilenko (Елизавета Юрьевна Пиленко), Kuzmina-Karavayeva (Кузьмина-Караваева) by her first marriage, Skobtsova (Скобцова) by her second marriage, was a Russian noblewoman, poet, nun, and member of the French Resistance during World War II. She has been canonized a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and is remembered with a Lesser Feast in the Episcopal Church, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Anglican Church of Australia.

  1. ^ "A Remarkable Life", languagehat.com. Accessed December 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2010-02-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Righteous Martyr Maria (Skobtsova)".