In the world - Eduard Stepanovich
Shishkovsky
Born 18.04.1969
Consecration date - 29.07.2007
Chairs cathedra since 14.12.2007
Bishop Ilariy was born on April, 18,
1969 in Mykolayiv in the family of believers. On June, 9, 1969 he was baptized in the Church of All Saints with the name of John.
In 1976 he entered the secondary
school No. 14 of Mykolayiv. In 1980, after moving to Bryanka, Luhansk region, he went to school No.10 from which he
graduated in six years. He pursued his studies in the Technical College No. 18,
from which he graduated with distinction in July, 1987.
From July, 1987 till June, 1988 he worked
on Lenin geological survey expedition as driller's assistant.
On June 19, 1988 he was called up to
the military service. He spent the term of service in Saratov. Relegated to the
reserve on May, 29, 1990.
In 1990 he entered the Kyiv Theological
Seminary. In 1993 he graduated with distinction and entered the Kyiv Theological
Academy, from which in 1997 he also graduated with distinction.
Since 1996 - the teacher of the Kyiv
Theological Seminary. On March, 18, 1999 he successfully defended the candidate's
thesis "Religious and Aesthetic Views in the Ancient Russia in the Pre-Synodal Period" and received the scientific degree of the
Candidate of Theology.
In 1999 he was appointed teacher of
the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary, of the following theological
disciplines: «Moral Theology», «Church Slavonic language», «Religious Ethics»
and «Orthodox Ecclesiology».
Since 1999 - member of the Academic Council
of the Kyiv Theological Academy and executive secretary of "Works of the Kyiv
Theological Academy".
Ordained to the holy priesthood in
2000.
In August, 2000 he was appointed head
of the publishing department of the Kyiv Metropolis.
In 2001 on the day of Holy Easter with
the blessing of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Volodymyr
he was elevated to the rank of hegumen.
From 2002 he read a course of "Bases
of Christian Morals" and headed the chair of Theology established on the basis
of the Ukrainian-Azerbaijan Institute of Social Sciences and the International Relations
of G.A.Aliev in the International Academy of the Human Resources Management .
Since March, 2003 - member of the permanent
Ethics Commission at the State Centre of Immunobiological Drugs.
On November, 21 with the blessing of
His Beatitude, Metropolitan Volodymyr he was elevated to the
rank of archimandrite.
On January 28, 2005 he was appointed
Secretary of the Academic Council of KTA&S, on March 30, 2007 - appointed
Vice-Rector of KTA&S. On June 10, 2007 by the decision of the Holy Synod of
the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and with
the blessing of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Volodymyr
he was appointed secretary of the Educational Committee to the Holy Synod of
the UOC.
On July, 29th, 2007 he was ordained Bishop
of Severodonetsk and Starobelsk by His Beatitude, Metropolitan Volodymyr.
The ceremony
of consecration to episcopacy of Vladyka
Ilariy took place on July 29, 2007 in the
Refectory Church of the Kyiv-Pechersk
Lavra.
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