Mary MacKillop Mary MacKillop Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ (15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian nun who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. Of Scottish descent, she was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia. Together with the Reverend Julian Tenison Woods, she founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (the Josephites), a congregation of religious sisters that established a number of schools and welfare institutions throughout Australia and New Zealand, with an emphasis on education for the rural poor.
Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols Saint Mary of the Mongols (full name in Greek: Θεοτόκος Παναγιώτισσα (pr. "Theotókos Panaghiótissa", lit. "All-Holy Theotokos") or Παναγία Μουχλιώτισσα (pr. "Panaghía Muchliótissa"); Turkish name: "Kanlı Kilise" (meaning:"Bloody Church"), is an Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul. It is the only Byzantine church of Constantinople that has never been converted to a mosque, always remaining open to the Greek Orthodox Church. The church, which usually is not open to the public and lies behind a high wall, is placed in the district of Fatih, in the neighborhood of "Fener". It lies on "Tevkii Cafer