Dmytro Dmytrovych Sydor ( uk, Дмитро Дмитрович Сидор, also known as Pop Sydor ( uk, піп Сидір, links=no), born March 29, 1955, in

Mukachevo Raion Mukachevo Raion ( uk, Мукачівський район, hu, Munkácsi járás) is a raion (district) of Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Mukachevo is the administrative center of the raion. Its population is On 18 July 2020, as part ...

) is a

Rusyn Rusyn may refer to: * Rusyns, Rusyn people, an East Slavic people ** Pannonian Rusyns, Pannonian Rusyn people, a branch of Rusyn people ** Lemkos, a branch of Rusyn (or Ukrainian) people ** Boykos, a branch of Rusyn (or Ukrainian) people * Rusyn l ...

archpriest The ecclesiastical title of archpriest or archpresbyter belongs to certain priests with supervisory duties over a number of parishes. The term is most often used in Eastern Orthodoxy and the Eastern Catholic Churches and may be somewhat analogous ...

of the

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour ( rus, Храм Христа́ Спаси́теля, r=Khram Khristá Spasítelya, p=xram xrʲɪˈsta spɐˈsʲitʲɪlʲə) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on the northern bank of the Moskv ...

Uzhhorod Uzhhorod ( uk, У́жгород, , ; ) is a city and municipality on the river Uzh in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. The city is approximately equidistant from the Baltic, the Adriatic and the B ...

. The cathedral belongs to the

Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) The Ukrainian Orthodox Church ( uk, Українська православна церква, Ukrainska pravoslavna tserkva; russian: Украинская православная церковь, Ukrainskaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', UOC), common ...

. In 1971 Sydor graduated the Uzhhorod Institute with specialist "Electronic instrument". After that he worked at a Soviet military company in

Mukachevo Mukachevo ( uk, Мукачево, ; hu, Munkács; see name section) is a city in the valley of the Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast (province), in Western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion (district), the city ...

"Mukachevpribor" that was supplying equipment for nuclear submarines. In 1982 he graduated

Moscow Theological Academy Moscow Theological Academy (russian: Московская духовная академия) is a higher educational institution of the Russian Orthodox Church, training clergy, teachers, scholars, and officials. The Academy traces its origin to ...

and is a Candidate of Theology. Sydor is also notable as a politician. He is a member of

Zakarpattia Oblast Council The Zakarpattia Oblast Council ( uk, Закарпатська обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Zakarpattia Oblast (province) located in western Ukraine. Council members are elected for five year terms. I ...

since 2002.Dimitry Sydor (Сидор Дмитрий Дмитриевич)
Lidery rehioniv. (archived) He is the chairman of the Soym of Subcarpathian Rusins (

Congress of Carpathian Ruthenians A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ad ...

, Сойм підкарпатських русинів), an association of the Rusin organizations of

Zakarpattia Oblast The Zakarpattia Oblast ( uk, Закарпатська область, Zakarpatska oblast) is an administrative oblast located in western Ukraine, mostly coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia. Its administrative centre is ...

. One of the movement's goals is the autonomy of

Subcarpathian Ruthenia Carpathian Ruthenia ( rue, Карпатьска Русь, Karpat'ska Rus'; uk, Закарпаття, Zakarpattia; sk, Podkarpatská Rus; hu, Kárpátalja; ro, Transcarpatia; pl, Zakarpacie); cz, Podkarpatská Rus; german: Karpatenukrai ...

within

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. In 2008 he was accused of separatist activities and questioned by the

Security Service of Ukraine The Security Service of Ukraine ( uk, Служба безпеки України, translit=Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy}) or SBU ( uk, СБУ, link=no) is the law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency of the Ukrainian ...

as part of the criminal investigations of the "threat to state integrity". Sydor denied the accusation saying that he speaks for the autonomy within Ukraine, rather than for a separate state. Some local media claim that Sydor's movement is subsidized from

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.Oleksandr Havrosh.
Father Sydor from grandson of Molotov (Батюшці Сидору — від онука Молотова)
'. Ukraina moloda. 8 November 2008. In 2012 he was convicted to three years in prison conditionally for separatism (encroachment on territorial integrity).
Newsru.ua. 20 March 2012 According to internet publisher "Newsru", earlier in 2008 the Zakarpattia Rusyns appealed to Russia to recognize independence of Subcarpathian Ruthenia from Ukraine.

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