Martyr
Maria
Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
Life
Maria was a girl of 7, the daughter of Ivan Rong. She was killed on 10 June 1900 (old style; 23 June in the new), during the Boxer Rising. According to the list, she died of fear in her own house; the same happened to her older sister Nina.
Her name stands in the list of the 222 Orthodox Christians killed in 1900, drawn up in 1904 by the Brotherhood of the Orthodox Church in China, on the testimony of relatives, neighbours and witnesses. No other details about her are preserved.
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