Author: Maxim Grigorieff

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.