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Epiphanius elected at the unity Cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox churches.
Metropolitan of the UOC-KP Epiphany REUTERS
Metropolitan of bila Tserkva and Pereyaslav Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), rector and Professor of the Department bilanych and philological disciplines of the Kyiv Orthodox theological Academy Epiphanius was elected Primate of unified local Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
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As UNIAN correspondent, Epiphanius was elected to Oryginalna Cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox churches, held in Sophia.
Petro Poroshenko and Metropolitan of the UOC-KP Epiphany REUTERS
The candidate Metropolitan of Pereiaslav and Belotserkovsky Epiphanius was nominated on Thursday the Council of bishops of the UOC (Kyiv Patriarchate).
Petro Poroshenko and Metropolitan of the UOC-KP Epiphany REUTERS
He is rector and Professor of the Kyiv Orthodox theological Academy.
According to the website of the Kyiv Orthodox theological Academy, Metropolitan of Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky and bila Tserkva Epiphany (Dumenko in the world Sergey Petrovich) was born on 3 February 1979 in the village of Volkovo in the Ivanovo district of Odessa region. He graduated from the Kiev theological Seminary and Academy. In 2006-2007 he studied at the national University of Athens at the faculty of philosophy.
PhD in theology, Professor, rector of the Kyiv Orthodox theological Academy, a permanent member of the Holy Synod, member of the Supreme Church Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate, the vicar of St Michael’s Vydubichsky monastery of Kiev, rector of the academic Church of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the theologian.