Maxim Sandovich
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Maxim Sandovich is a New Martyr
and Orthodox saint. He is the protomartyr of the Lemko people.
He was trained as an Orthodox priest, and was executed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire as a russophile
. After his execution, his wife was imprisoned in Talerhof
, where his son, also named Maxim Sandovich, was born.
New Martyr
The title of New Martyr or Neomartyr of the Eastern Orthodox Church was originally given to martyrs who died under heretical rulers . Later the Church added to the list those martyred under Islam and various modern regimes, especially Communist ones, which espoused state atheism...
and Orthodox saint. He is the protomartyr of the Lemko people.
He was trained as an Orthodox priest, and was executed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire as a russophile
Ukrainian Russophiles
The focus of this article is part of a general political movement in Western Ukraine of the nineteenth and early 20th century. The movement contained several competing branches: Moscowphiles, Ukrainophiles, Rusynphiles, and others....
. After his execution, his wife was imprisoned in Talerhof
Talerhof
Talerhof was a concentration camp created by the Austro-Hungarian authorities of Franz Joseph I of Austria in the first days of World War I, in a sandy valley in foothills of the Alps, near Graz, the main city of the province of Styria....
, where his son, also named Maxim Sandovich, was born.