Epiphanius I of Ukraine
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Metropolitan Epiphanius[lower-alpha 1] of Kyiv and All Ukraine (Ukrainian: Епіфаній, Митрополит Київський і всієї України, romanized: Epifanii, Mytropolyt Kyivskyi i vsiiei Ukrainy, secular name: Serhii Petrovych Dumenko, Ukrainian: Сергій Петрович Думенко; born on 3 February 1979) is the primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), holding the title of Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine.
Epiphanius | |
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Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine | |
Native name | Епіфаній |
Church | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Metropolis | Kyiv and All Ukraine |
See | Kyiv |
Elected | 15 December 2018 |
Installed | 3 February 2019 |
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Ordination | 20 January 2008 by Filaret (Denysenko) |
Consecration | 15 November 2009 by Filaret (Denysenko) |
Rank | Metropolitan bishop (2013– ) |
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Born | Serhii Petrovych Dumenko Сергій Петрович Думенко (1979-02-03) February 3, 1979 (age 45) |
Previous post(s) | Secretary of the Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus'-Ukraine Filaret (25 January 2008) Governor of the Vydubychi Monastery (20 March 2008) |
Education | Doctor of Theology |
Alma mater | Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy |
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Styles of Metropolitan Epiphanius I of Kyiv and All Ukraine | |
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Reference style | His Beatitude |
Spoken style | Your Beatitude |
Religious style | Metropolitan |
Metropolitan Epiphanius served as the Metropolitan bishop of Pereiaslav and Bila Tserkva, in the former original Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) from 2013 to 2018. He was ordained over the diocese since 2010.
He was a professor of the Department of Biblical and Philological Disciplines of the Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy [uk]. He was a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine and of the International Federation of Journalists.[5]