Maria Skobtsova [SEP] canonization status
been canonized a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Life.
Born to an aristocratic family in 1891 in Riga, Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire. She was given the name Elizaveta Pilenko. Her father died when she was a teenager, and she embraced atheism. In 1906 her mother moved the family to St. Petersburg, where she became involved in radical intellectual circles. In 1910 she married a Bolshevik by the name of Dmitriy Kuz'min-Karavaev. During this period of her life she was actively involved
St. Maria Skobtsova Resources
- Web-site dedicated to Mother Maria, in Russian
- Maria Skobtsova – her activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
References.
- OrthodoxWiki: Maria Skobtsova