Maxim Grigorieff, MA in Philology, is a third-year seminarian from the Russian Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite from Saint-Petersburg. Having been raised in a devout Russian Orthodox family in Siberia, he converted to Catholicism in 2014 after reading Church history and Early Fathers in his initial way to Orthodox priesthood. Since 2015, Maxim has been engaged in apologetic activities among his Orthodox brethren. Author of many articles and a translator, he participated in inter-confessional debates, seminars and conferences reading reports and delivering speeches in defense of the Catholic faith from both external and internal challenges it currently faces. Since 2020, Maxim Grigorieff has been studying at the Catholic Higher Theological Seminary "Mary - Queen of the Apostles". Engaged.
Author: Maxim Grigorieff
Venerable and Blessed Founders of the Russian Catholic Exarchate
To the patronage of the Most Holy Queen, we submit all the territory of Great Russia.
Part II: Heralds of a Catholic Russia
Vladimir Solovyov argued that it had been only by re-establishing full communion with Rome that he did finally become a true Eastern believer like those great and holy Fathers of the ancient East.
What is the Russian Catholic Church? Part I: Introduction
The Catholic Prince St. Vladimir was the prince of “Kievan Rus,” the capital city of the Russian people.