Maxim Sandovich was an Orthodox priest and hieromartyr born in 1888 in Zdynia, Galicia. After leaving a Basilian monastery due to ideological disagreements with the Greek Catholic Church, he traveled to Russia to pursue theological studies. Supported by Archbishop Anthony of Volhynia, he was ordained in 1911 and returned to his home region to serve the Orthodox community. His missionary work and Russophile sympathies led to conflict with the Austro-Hungarian authorities, resulting in his execution in Gorlice in 1914.