Protodeacon Maxim Logvinov
According to Logvinov Sr., in October 2022, Protodeacon Maxim arrived in his native Kostroma to register himself in his father’s house. After that, he immediately went to the draft board and signed up as a volunteer to participate in the so-called. “special military operation”.
The priest also shared that Metropolitan Benjamin of Minsk and Zaslavl himself blessed the protodeacon for this step. Moreover, the ruling bishop instructed Protodeacon Maxim to teach Holy Communion to the Russian military and gave him the exclusive right to receive confessions – but giving the names to the Metropolitan himself in Minsk so that he could read the “permissive prayer”.
During the Easter week and on the Easter holiday, Protodeacon Maxim will, as reported, serve in the Peter and Paul Cathedral – he came to Minsk on vacation.
Protodeacon Maksim Logvinov, 48, is deputy chairman of the Synodal Department for Youth Affairs of the Belarusian Orthodox Church. He is known for the fact that he headed the military-patriotic brotherhood operating at the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in honor of St. Dovmont of Pskov. Pupils of his fraternity went to shooting training in military unit 3214, which was led by the infamous Dmitry Pavlichenko. In 2015, Protodeacon Maxim held a rally of Orthodox youth on the Stalin Line.
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