Archbishop Mefodiy (Mykola Mykolaiovych Sribnyak born 8 June 1957,
Hrabivka) is the archbishop of
Sumy and
Okhtyrka UOC KP.
He was an activist of Ukrainian diaspora of eastern Siberia (1992–1995).
Biography
Mefodiy was born in the village of Hrabivka,
Kalush Raion
Kalush Raion ( uk, Ка́луський райо́н, translit=Kalushsky raion) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( province). The city of Kalush is the administrative center of the raion. Population: .
On 18 July 2020, as part of ...
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Ivano–Frankivsk Oblast. When he was young he moved to Siberia. From 1978 to 1986, he has worked as a forester and older one in
Krasnoyarsk (Russian Federation). In 1985, he graduated from Siberia Institute of Technology.
From 1986 until 1992, he worked as a deputy of director at the
Irkutsk
Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...
medical center. Mykola studied at the medical college, then in Irkutsk medical institute, which he didn't finish because he went to Ukraine in 1994.
From 1992 to 1994, he was the head of Irkutsk Ukrainian people's association coming from the same area. In 1995, Sribnyak became a deacon in the Bohoyavlensky cathedral in
Noginsk at first, then he was a priest.
From 1996 until May 2004, he was a secretary of
Dnipro
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
petrovsk –
Kryvyi Rih eparchy. At the same time he was the dean of the Holy Spirit's temple in Dnipropetrovsk. This person studied in the Noginsk theological seminary, some time later – in Volyn theological seminary, which graduated in 1999.
In 2004, he graduated from Lviv theological academy.
On 14 May 2004 he was elected the Sumy and Okhtyrka bishop by Sacred Synod of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate.
On 6 June 2004 he was consecrated as a bishop
in Kyiv
St Volodymyr's Cathedral
St Volodymyr's Cathedral ( uk, Володимирський собор, russian: Владимирский собор) is a cathedral in the centre of Kyiv. It is one of the city's major landmarks and the mother cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodo ...
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On 2 February 2006 he was temporarily appointed to lead
Chernihiv eparchy pluralistically and led until 13 May 2008.
Rewards
He is conferred of higher church rewards: the Order of Yuriy Peremozhets (14 December 2006). On 23 January 2012 he was acknowledged in the holy order of archbishop by Holy Patriarch Filaret's decree.
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References
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Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate
1957 births
Living people
Clergy from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Bishops of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine