Epiphanius I of Ukraine

Styles of
**Metropolitan Epiphanius I of Kyiv and All Ukraine**
Styles of; Metropolitan Epiphanius I of Kyiv and All Ukraine
Reference style	His Beatitude
Spoken style	Your Beatitude
Religious style	Metropolitan

His Beatitude

Epiphanius
His Beatitude; Epiphanius
Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine
	Epiphany I of the Ukraine in 2019
Native name	Епіфаній
Church	Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Metropolis	Kyiv and All Ukraine
See	Kyiv
Elected	15 December 2018
Installed	3 February 2019
Orders
Ordination	20 January 2008; by Filaret (Denysenko)
Consecration	15 November 2009; by Filaret (Denysenko)
Rank	Metropolitan bishop (2013– )
Personal details
Born	Serhii Petrovych Dumenko ; Сергій Петрович Думенко; February 3, 1979 (age 45); Vovkove, Ivanivka Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Previous post(s)	Secretary of the Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus'-Ukraine Filaret (25 January 2008); Governor of the Vydubychi Monastery (20 March 2008); Manager of the affairs of the Kyiv Patriarchate (30 May 2008); Bishop of Vyshhorod, vicar of the Kyiv diocese (21 October 2009); Rector of the Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy and governor of the Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi diocese (27 July 2010); Metropolitan of Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi and Bila Tserkva and patriarchal governor (28 June 2013)
Education	Doctor of Theology
Alma mater	Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy
Signature
Coat of arms

Metropolitan Epiphanius^[a] of Kyiv and All Ukraine (Ukrainian: Епіфаній, Митрополит Київський і всієї України, romanized: Epifanii, Mytropolyt Kyivskyi i vsiiei Ukrainy, secular name: Serhii Petrovych Dumenko, Ukrainian: Сергій Петрович Думенко; born on 3 February 1979) is the primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), holding the title of Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine.

Metropolitan Epiphanius served as the Metropolitan bishop of Pereiaslav and Bila Tserkva, in the former original Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) from 2013 to 2018. He was ordained over the diocese since 2010.

He was a professor of the Department of Biblical and Philological Disciplines of the Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy [uk]. He was a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine and of the International Federation of Journalists.^[5]

^ "Kyiv Patriarchate does not exist, never existed - Patriarch Bartholomew". www.interfax-religion.com. June 3, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
^ "Metropolitan Epiphany of "Kyiv Patriarchate" elected as leader of "local Orthodox church" in Ukraine". interfax-religion.com. December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
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^ "Ecumenical Patriarchate announces election of Metropolitan Epiphanios as Primate of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Ukraine". Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
^ "Глава нової Православної церкви в Україні митрополит Епіфаній: хто він (фото)". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2019. Епіфаній є членом Національної Спілки журналістів України та Міжнародної федерації журналістів, а також ректором Київської православної богословської академії.

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[1] "Kyiv Patriarchate does not exist, never existed - Patriarch Bartholomew". www.interfax-religion.com. June 3, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2019.

[2] "Metropolitan Epiphany of "Kyiv Patriarchate" elected as leader of "local Orthodox church" in Ukraine". interfax-religion.com. December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

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[4] "Ecumenical Patriarchate announces election of Metropolitan Epiphanios as Primate of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Ukraine". Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

[6] "Глава нової Православної церкви в Україні митрополит Епіфаній: хто він (фото)". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2019. Епіфаній є членом Національної Спілки журналістів України та Міжнародної федерації журналістів, а також ректором Київської православної богословської академії.

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