Mária Royová (26 November 1858 – 25 February 1924) was a Slovak

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

activist, charity worker and songwriter. She and her sister

Kristína Royová Kristína Royová (18 August 1860, in Stará Turá – 27 December 1936, in Stará Turá) was a Slovakia, Slovak Protestantism, Protestant activist, thinker, revivalist, novelist and poet. She was founder of the Modrý kríž, Blue Cross and ...

founded the Blue Cross Organization and diaconal centre in

Stará Turá Stará Turá (german: Alt-Turn, hu, Ótura) is a town in the Trenčín Region in western Slovakia. Geography It is located in the Myjava Hills close to the Little Carpathians as well as the White Carpathians. It is situated from Nové Mesto nad ...

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Slovak religious leaders Slovak Lutherans 1858 births 1924 deaths {{lutheran-stub