Mária Royová
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Mária Royová was a Slovak
Protestant
activist, charity worker and songwriter.
She and her sister Kristína Royová
founded the Blue Cross
Organization and diaconical centre in Stará Turá
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Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
Protestant
Protestantism
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
activist, charity worker and songwriter.
She and her sister Kristína Royová
Kristína Royová
Kristína Royová was Slovak Protestant activist, thinker, revivalist, novelist and poet....
founded the Blue Cross
Modrý kríž
Modrý kríž was a "teetotalers' society" originating in Stará Turá, Slovakia at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th...
Organization and diaconical centre in Stará Turá
Stará Turá
Stará Turá 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...
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