Maria Skobtsova
About
Maria Skobtsova, known as Mother Maria, Saint Mary of Paris, born Elizaveta Yurievna Pilenko, 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.
