What is Epiphanius I of Ukraine?
'''Metropolitan Epiphanius''' '''of Kyiv and All Ukraine''' was born with the name '''Serhii Dumenko'''. He was born on February 3, 1979. He is the head of the [[Orthodox Church]] of [[Ukraine]] (OCU). He is Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ecumenical Patriarchate announces election of Metropolitan Epiphanios as Primate of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Ukraine - Archon News Article - Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate|url=https://www.archons.org/-/ukraine-primate|access-date=2020-11-12|website=www.archons.org|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217110727/https://www.archons.org/-/ukraine-primate|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Metropolitan Epifaniy (Dumenko) becomes Primate of One Local Orthodox Church of Ukraine - RISU|url=https://risu.ua/en/metropolitan-epifaniy-dumenko-becomes-primate-of-one-local-orthodox-church-of-ukraine_n95137|access-date=2020-11-12|website=Religious Information Service of Ukraine|language=en}}</ref> Metropolitan Epiphanius was the Metropolitan bishop of Pereyaslav and Bila Tserkva from 2013 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Українська Православна Церква Київський Патріархат (УПЦ КП)|url=https://www.cerkva.info/church/zhurnaly-zasidannia-sviashchennoho-synodu-13-hrudnia-2017-r|access-date=16 January 2018|website=cerkva.info|archive-date=4 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104235946/https://www.cerkva.info/church/zhurnaly-zasidannia-sviashchennoho-synodu-13-hrudnia-2017-r|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Biography == Serhii Dumenko was born on February 3, 1979 in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. He lived in Chernivtsi Oblast when he was young. In 1999, he graduated from the [[Kyiv]] Theological Seminary. Then he entered the Kyiv Theological Academy. He graduated with a doctor of theology degree in 2003. {{biography-stub}} == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Eastern Orthodox bishops]] [[Category:Ukrainian Christian clergy]]