Sweatshirt - St. Maria Skobtsova by R. Lentz

Mother Maria Skobtsova is at first glance a startling candidate for Orthodox sainthood. A former Communist, married twice, and a mother of three children, she eventually became an Orthodox nun in Paris, with the condition that she would not have to live in a monastery, secluded from the world. As abbess of an urban convent, she wore a ragged habit and men's cast-off shoes. She gave up her room to someone who needed it worse and then slept in a broom closet. She smoked cigarettes and often missed church services--so that she could beg for food for the poor at the city market.