Metropolitan Pitirim ( Nikolai Petrovich Starinsky in the world; March 6, 1944 , Chervonye Yary village, Tarashchansky district , Kiev region ) - bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church , Metropolitan of Nikolaev and Ochakovsky .
| His Eminence | ||
| Metropolitan Pitirim | ||
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| since June 22, 1993 | ||
| Church | Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate | |
| Predecessor | Bartholomew (Vashchuk) | |
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| August 26, 1992 - June 22, 1993 | ||
| Predecessor | Nifont (Soloduha) | |
| Successor | Anthony (Fialco) | |
| Birth name | Nikolai Petrovich Starinsky | |
| Birth | March 19, 1944 (75 years old) Chervonye Yary village, Tarashchansky district , Kiev region | |
| Adoption of monasticism | 1969 year | |
| Episcopal consecration | August 26, 1992 | |
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Biography
Born on March 6, 1944 in the village of Chervonye Yary, Tarashchansky District, Kiev Region [1] [2] .
In 1951-1961 he studied at a secondary school in the village of Luxurious in the neighboring Stavishchensky district .
After graduating from high school and construction college, in 1964 - 1968 he studied at the Moscow Theological Seminary [1] [2] .
From 1968 to 1972 he studied at the Moscow Theological Academy [1] [2] .
In 1969 he was tonsured a monk and ordained a hierodeacon [1] [2] .
In 1972 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy with a degree of candidate of theology and became a resident of the Pochaev Lavra [1] [2] .
In 1974 he was ordained hieromonk [1] [2] .
In 1983 he was convicted of anti-Soviet activities and sentenced to 6 years in prison [1] [2] .
In 1986, at the request of the Metropolitan of Lviv and Ternopil, Nicodemus (Rusnak) was prematurely released, elevated to the rank of archimandrite , appointed dean of the Pochaev Lavra, and with the appointment of a new viceroy, bishop of Pochaev, Jacob (Panchuk) , was sent as the economist-reinstatement of the revived monastery Kremen ] [2] .
Since February 23, 1992 - Viceroy of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra [1] [2] .
August 26, 1992 in the Holy Cross Cathedral of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra was consecrated bishop of Khmelnytsky and Kamenetz-Podolsky [1] [2] .
On June 22, 1993 he was appointed bishop of Nikolaev and Voznesensky [3] .
On November 23, 2000, he was elevated to the rank of archbishop [1] [2] .
July 27, 2009 , on the eve of Memorial Day of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir , was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan His Beatitude Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Vladimir [4] .
On August 25, 2012 in connection with the separation of the Ascension Diocese from the Nikolaev Diocese , the title was changed to Nikolaev and Ochakovsky .
Awards
- Order of Merit, II degree ( Ukraine , September 20, 2012 )) - for a significant personal contribution to the socio-economic, cultural and educational development of the Nikolaev region, high professionalism, many years of diligent work and on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the formation of the region [5] .
- Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, II degree ( 2004 ) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pitirim on patriarchia.ru
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pitirim on ortho-rus.ru Archived on October 28, 2007.
- ↑ History of the diocese
- ↑ mukola.net: Archbishop of Nikolaev and Ascension Pitirim became Metropolitan (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment August 5, 2009. Archived August 1, 2009.
- ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 550/2012 "On awarding state awards of Ukraine to employees of enterprises, institutions and organizations of the Nikolaev region" Archived on September 27, 2012.