{"id":5732,"date":"2025-05-08T05:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T05:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/maksim-sechin\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T10:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T10:26:14","slug":"maksim-sechin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/en\/maksim-sechin\/","title":{"rendered":"Maksym Sechyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Maksym Sechyn<\/strong> is from Melitopol, a city now under enemy occupation. He is preparing for the priesthood in the Donetsk Exarchate. Maksym came to know the Church in a positive way thanks to Father Petro Krenytskyi, whose example in working with people and in zealous ministry left a deep mark: \u201cBetter to burn out than to rust,\u201d he used to say.<br \/>Maksym\u2019s path to his vocation began with attending church and going on camps, where he came to know himself and the world around him. He liked being in the Church, and later Father Petro suggested that he enter the seminary.<br \/>Maksym says that life at the seminary has been a good experience for him. He likes to be in a community that he considers good company. At the same time, formation requires effort: he believes that the example of priests is important for the development of discipline, prayer, and the ability to respect the dignity of others.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe fact that my home is under occupation weighs heavily on me. But I know that near Melitopol, in the areas not under occupation, there are our faithful who also need me \u2014 as a priest and as someone who can lead them to God. And so it is the people, and communication with them, that encourage me to keep moving towards my goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wish to open the Word of God to people, because the Bible contains answers for the growth of spiritual life, life in community, and family life. It teaches us to choose the right priorities and so much more. I long to strengthen myself and show others that in God\u2019s Word one can see one\u2019s own story \u2014 in falls and in risings, and in general, how the Lord communicates with us. At the same time, I wish to help people understand that every human life is unique, and each person must discover their own path to salvation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<pre>\n<\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4713 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>Maksym Sechyn, 5th\u2011year seminarian<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maksym Sechyn is from Melitopol, a city now under enemy occupation. He is preparing for the priesthood in the Donetsk Exarchate. Maksym came to know the Church in a positive way thanks to Father Petro Krenytskyi, whose example in working with people and in zealous ministry left a deep mark: \u201cBetter to burn out than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[48,43],"class_list":["post-5732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-histories-of-the-call","tag-maksim-sechin","tag-seminarian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5732"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5876,"href":"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5732\/revisions\/5876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktds.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}