Maxim Sandovich

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Maxim Sandovich
Born 1 February 1888,Zdynia, Galicia (Eastern Europe)
Died 6 August 1914,Gorlice
Martyred by Dietrich from Linz, for the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Means of martyrdom firing squad
Venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy

September 6th, 1994, Gorlice

by Polish Orthodox Church
Major shrine

New Orthodox Church of the

Holy Trinity, Gorlice
Feast September 6 (Old Calendar)
Patronage Lemkos

Maxim Sandovich is a New Martyr and Orthodox saint.[1][2] 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.[3]




  1. ^ Maximus Sandovich at
  3. ^ Sandowicz, Tatiana (6 March 1992). "In Memory of Rev. Maksym Sandowicz, a Martyr of Talehof". Karpatska Rus' (Yonkers, New York): 3.