The holy martyrs Mary and George
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This article by Serge Hackel presents a hagiographic study devoted to two canonized Orthodox martyrs: Mother Maria Skobtsov and her son George, members of the Christian house on rue Lourmel in Paris, who died in Nazi camps in 1945. Drawing on unpublished archives, testimonies from contemporaries, and the writings of Mother Maria herself, the author traces the distinct spiritual trajectories of these two figures. He shows how Mother Maria embodied a theology of active love, prioritizing service to the poor and the persecuted over formal piety, and how George united an intense liturgical life with concrete commitment to Jews who were being hunted down. The theological contribution of the article lies in the articulation between ecclesial freedom, "folly in Christ," and voluntary martyrdom, offering an Orthodox rereading of Christian witness in the face of totalitarian barbarism.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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