St. Maria of Paris Centre

The St. Maria of Paris Centre is located upstairs at #205 – 824 Johnson Street, in Victoria. It is a combined chapel, coffeehouse, bookstore and community centre, a pan-Orthodox enterprise. Join the Facebook group for news and events, and bookmark the website.

Cross-Bearing Theotokos icon written by St. Maria Skobtsova of Paris

From Orthodox Wiki:

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.

Saint Maria died a martyr in Ravensbrück prison. She was glorified by the Church of Constantinople on January 16, 2004, along with her companions, Priest Dmitri Klepinin, her son George (Yuri) Skobtsov, and Elie Fondaminsky. They are commemorated on July 20.

Service Schedule for St. Maria’s:

Matins – Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 8:00 a.m.

(Except during summertime – services resume in September)

Other services as scheduled; please see the Service Schedule|Calendar

on the All Saints of Alaska parish website.