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The Reverend Deacon '''Yuri Maximov''' is a Moscow-based religious scholar and lecturer, noted for his expertise in Islamic studies, in addition to his literary and [[missionary ]] work.
==Introduction==
*2001: Graduated from the Russian Orthodox University of St John the Theologian, after studies in the Biblical-Patristics Faculty.
*2002: Started lecturing at the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary|Moscow Theological Seminary]], teaching a History of Religions course focusing on [[Islam]]. Often involved as an advocate/opponent on boards considering Islam-focused thesis papers for the ''kandidatura''.
*Head of the Sixth Day missionary Educational Society
*16-26 Dec 2008: Working visit to Thailand, helping development of Orthodoxy there.
*Yuri was very close to Fr . [[Daniel Sysoyev]].*2009: After Fr . Daniel Sysoyev's death, Yuri headed Fr . Daniel's missionary school.
==Church life==
* [[May 22]], 2010: [[ordination|Ordained ]] to the [[deacon|diaconate ]] by Abp . [[Evgeny (Reshetnikov) of Verey]].
Dcn . Yuri is currently serving as:
* Member of the [[Church of Russia]]'s Synodal Working Group on the Elaboration of the Conceptualisation of Inter-Religious Relations
* Member of the Expert Council of the Russian Federation's Justice Ministry on the Countering of Religious Extremism
* Member of the Theological Commission of the [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate's ]] Interconciliar Presence
* Head of the Sixth Day Missionary Educational Society
* Formerly edited the Russian-language website ''Orthodoxy and Islam''
Yuri has published several works against [[atheism|atheistic ]] concepts of evolution, proposing an Orthodox interpretation, alongside a large number of magazine articles and several books on religious studies. Due to many of his publications dealing with the history of Islam and difficulties in relations with Islam, Dcn . Yuri is noted for his outstanding expertise in Islamic studies.
==Books==
* Православие и ислам (Orthodoxy and Islam) ([http://azbyka.ru/religii/islam/pravoslavie_i_islam_00-all.shtml online, in Russian])
==ReferencesReference==
* [http://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87&oldid=36201028 Russian-language Wikipedia article]
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