PEARL OF GREAT PRICE, THE: THE LIFE OF MOTHER MARIA SKOBTSOVA 1891 -1945

A new edition of the only complete life of the recently canonised saint, Mother Maria Skobtsova. A Russian Orthodox nun, she served the outcasts of society in Paris and protected Jews during the German occupation. Her life ended in a Nazi concentration camp. Includes documentary materials and black and white photos. Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) wrote of the first edition: This impressive biography encourages its readers to find in Mother Maria the inspiration to live as she lived and to accept death as she did.