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[[Image:15806010-2-.jpg|right|thumb|Saint Mary of Paris]]
[[Image:Four martyrs.jpg|right|thumb|Maria (Skobtsova) and Companions - the four martyrs.]]
The holy and glorious venerable-martyr '''Maria Skobtsova''' (also ''Saint Mary of Paris'' or ''Mother Maria'') was a [[nun]] and [[martyr]] in Paris in the early twentieth century. She encouraged hospitality and love of one's neighbor, often in the most uncompromising of terms. She considered this to be the foundation of the Christian gospel, and she embodied it in her life. She is often compared to Dorothy Day, an American [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] who founded the Catholic Worker movement. [[Saint]] Mary died a [[martyr]] in Ravensbrück prison. She was [[glorification|glorified]] by the [[Church of Constantinople]] on [[January 16]], 2004, along with her companions, [[Priest]] [[Dmitri Klepinin]], her son [[George Skobtsov|George (Yuri) Skobtsov]], and [[Elie Fondaminsky]]. They are commemorated on July 20.
==Writings==
*''Mother Maria Skobtsova: Essential Writings'', trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (Orbis, 2003). ISBN 978-1570754364.
*E. Skobtsova (Mother Maria), ''The Crucible of Doubts: Khomyakov, Dostoevsky, Vl. Solov'ev, In Search of Synthesis, Four 1929 Works.'' Translated and commentary by Fr. S. Janos, frsj Publications (2016), ISBN 978-0-9963992-3-4
==External link==
*[http://incommunion.org/?page_id=868/ Links to many resources having to do with the life and writings of Saint Maria Skobtsova]at InCommunion.org, the website of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship
*[http://www.mere-marie.com/ Web-site dedicated to Mother Maria, in Russian]
==Further reading==
*[http://www.berdyaev.com/skobtsova/pauperes_spiritu.html The Poor in Spirit]
*[http://www.berdyaev.com/skobtsova/suffering_cross.html Suffering and the Cross]
==See also==
*[[Philanthropy]]
[[Category:Martyrs]]
[[Category:Russian Saints]]
[[Category:Modern Saints]]
[[Category:20th-century saints]]
[[fr:Maria Skobtsova]]
[[ro:Maria Skobţova]]