The Idea of “Paired Relationship” in the Hagiography of Mother Maria (Skobtsova)

Abstract

The article deals with works of mother Maria (Skobtsova) created on material of the hagiographical stories of St. Dimitry Rostovsky and the “Ancient Patericon”. Some of them are combined into a kind of “pair”. The article analyzes such peculiar couples of Lives, it reveals the principle of association of saints, which correlates with the idea of“paired relationship” of the Russian sanctity offered by V.N. Toporov. The article shows the foundation for “paired relationship” of mother Maria’s hagiography and its relationship with the key ideas of the Russian emigre religious culture.