KYIV. Bishop Consecration of Archimandrite Tikhon (Zhyliakov) Performed

On November 29, commemoration of the apostle and Evangelist Matthew the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Refectory Church of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra presided over by the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

Concelebrating to him were: Metropolitan Ioannikiy of Luhansk and Alchevsk, Archbishop Mykolai of Bilogorod and Archbishop Anthony of Boryspil, Bishop Agapit of Severodonetsk and Starobilsk, Bishop Iriney of Nizhyn and Pryluky, Bishop Hilary of Makariv, Bishop Seraphim of Yahotyn, Bishop Alexander of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy (Secretary for the Primate of the UOC),  Bishop Panteleimon of Vasylkiv, Bishop Volodymyr of Rovenky.

Before the beginning of the Divine service the rite of confession of faith was performed, during which bishop elect archimandrite Tikhon (Zhyliakov) read out three Creeds before the people and the clergy, thus testifying his promise to adhere strictly to the canons of the Holy Orthodox Church and the directives of its Primate and the Holy Synod, and to keep the ecclesial peace by all means.   

At the Liturgy His Grace Tikhon performed his first priest ordination. He ordained to the holy priesthood the student of the 2nd year of the Kyiv Theological Academy deacon Valery Koval.  

Following the service His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr addressed the newly ordained bishop with a pastoral word and has solemnly handed the bishop's crosier to Bishop Tikhon. Finally the new bishop gave the flock his first archpastoral blessing.   


REFERENCE. Bishop Tikhon (Zhyliakov) was born on July, 9, 1968 in Luhansk region in the family of the employees. In 1985 he graduated from Donbas State Technical University. In 1992 he bore obedience of the sexton at the St. Nicholas Church of Alchevsk. Next year he was tonsured a monk and further he was ordained a priest.   
The future pastor received religious education at the Kyiv Theological Schools.  From 2006 he served in the church of the Pochayiv Icon of the Mother of God in Rubezhne town, Luhansk region.  At the beginning of 2009 he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.