Our righteous father '''Maxim Sandovich''' (also ''Maximus'') , [[Protomartyr]] of the Lemko people, was a Carpatho-Russian [[hieromartyr]] who, in practicing his Orthodox faith as [[priest]] under the rule of the [[Unia]], as enforced by the Roman Catholic Austrian imperial government, was arrested and then executed for his faith in August 1914. His [[feast day]] is s are celebrated on [[August 6]] and [[September 6]].