 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mambokadzi aibatanidzwawo mukukakavadzana kwepesvedzero pamusoro paStephen neMoldova Metropolis yake. Panguva yaakatamira kuMoldova, Maria nehama dzake Theodoro vakatsigira kubatana kweKaturike neOrthodoxuye yeLatin Patriarchate yeConstantinople, iri pedyo zvikuru naBasilios Bessarion. Basa racho rakabatanidzawo John, Metropolitan weGothia, uyo akabatanidza Theodoro, Moldavia, noUmambo hweHungary. Zuan Tzamplakon, uyo akanga ataurirana muchato waMaria naStephen, akaitawo somutumwa waBessarion pachake. NaMaria, akakwanisa kutungamirira Stephen pedyo zvikuru nenyika yeKaturike. Sezvakataurwa nenyanzvi Dan Ioan Mureșan, basa raTzamplakon naMaria ringave rakakanganisa ukama hwaStefani naPatriarch weOrthodox weConstantinople nevakuru vakuru vechechi yomunzvimbomo, kusanganisira Bhishopi Teoctist. Ichi, iye anorangarira kudaro, ndicho chikonzero nei Maria achioneka sechinzvimbo chisina chinhu muEvhangeri yeHumor Monastery: mumongi Nikodim... akaramba zvomenemene kuratidzira mudzimai mutsva waStefano. Dzimwe nzvero dzinodavira kuti Maria akaitwa mufananidzo muduku iwoyo, asi ipapo akadzimwa pamirairo yaStephen. 