Chairman of the Commission to the Holy Synod on Monasteries
of the UOC
Superior of the Holy Dormition
Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
In the world - Petro Dmytriyovych Lebid
Born 19.04.1961
Name day - July,12
Consecration - 19.04.1997
His Eminence Archbishop of Vyshgorod Pavel
was born on April, 19, 1961 in the village of Borbin, Mlynov district, Rivne
region. After graduation from school he studied in Lutsk Trade College.
After his service in the Soviet Army he
entered the Moscow Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1988.
On 24 May 1986 he was ordained to the Holy
Diaconate, and on 7 January 1988
was ordained to the Holy Priesthood.
In 1988 he became presiding priest of the Holy Dormition Church in the village of Nizkinichi,
Ivanychy district, Volyn region, one of the oldest churches in Ukraine, now the
Holy Dormition Monastery.
On 26 June 1989 he was tonsured to monastic
rank and was given the name Pavel (in honour of the Holy Glorious and
All-Praised Leader of the Apostles Paul). In May 1992 he was elevated to the rank
of Archimandrite, and on 30 March 1994 he was appointed Superior of the Holy
Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
In 1996 he graduated from Kyiv Theological
Seminary.
On 19 April 1997 was consecrated to the
episcopacy with the title of Bishop of Vyshgorod, Vicar of the Metropolitan of
Kiev and All Ukraine. Later on he chaired the Commission to the Holy Synod on
Monasteries of the UOC.
On 9 July 2003 he was elevated to the rank
of Archbishop.
Awarded
By the Orders
of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church:
- «For the Church Merits» of the 3rd
degree;
- of the Holy Equal to the Apostles Prince
Vladimir of the 2nd degree;
- of the Venerable Anthony and Theodosius of
Pechersk of the 2nd degree;
- «Nativity of Christ - 2000»1rst and 2nd
degree.
Of the Russian Orthodox Church:
- the Medal of the Most Venerable Sergius of
Radonezh;
- the Order of the Most Venerable Sergius of Radonezh of the 2nd degree.
Of the other Orthodox Churches:
- the Order of St.Sava of the 2nd degree (The Serbian Orthodox Church);
- the Order of
Holy Equal to the Apostles Mary Magdalene (The Orthodox Church of Poland);
- the Order of
the Holy Great Martyr Catherine;
- the Order of Metropolitan Tikhon (Fund of the Holy Hierarch Tikhon).
The government orders:
The Order "For Merits" of the 3rd degree
(from the President of Ukraine).
1999 - the Order "Glory
for Fidelity to Motherland".
2000 - the Order "For Patriotism" of the 2nd degree; the medal "Badge of Honour of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
of Ukraine".
2001 - the medal "10 years of Independence of Ukraine" of the 2nd degree; the
gorget "Order of Badge of Honour"; the
Order "Kazak Glory" of the 2nd degree; "Cross of Honour for Development and Consolidation
of Interior Forces of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Ukraine";
the medal of the Ministry of Defence "Valour and Honour"; the medal of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "Cross of Honour"; the medal "10 years of
the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine".
The medal "Badge of Honour
of the International Fund of Lawyers of Ukraine".
The Order of St. Apostle Andrew the
First-Called. | |
|
