On January 18, 2004, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul recognized Mother Maria Skobtsova as a saint along with her son Yuri, the priest who worked closely with her, Fr. Dimitri Klépinin, and her close friend and collaborator Ilya Fondaminsky. All four died in German concentration camps. Their canonization was celebrated in [...]

By Jim Forest It was only well into adulthood that it began to dawn on me how profound an influence my mother has had on me. She was my primary mentor. One of her first lessons, though it only struck me as important later in life, was that you do your children a huge favor [...]