Oleksandr Drabynko

Oleksandr Drabynko
Oleksandr Drabynko
Church	Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Diocese	Pereyaslav and Vyshneve
See	Kyiv
Elected	4 March 2019
Predecessor	new post
Other post(s)	Vicar of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi and Vyshneve
Orders
Ordination	14 December 2007 (bishop); by Volodymyr Sabodan (UOC-MP)
Consecration	28 July 2006 (priest); by Volodymyr Sabodan (UOC-MP)
Rank	Metropolitan (2013); Archbishop (2010); Bishop (2007);
Personal details
Born	Oleksandr Mykolayovych Drabynko; March 18, 1977; Korets, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Ukrainian
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Alma mater	Kyiv Theological Academy (2002)

Metropolitan Alexander (Ukrainian: Митрополит Олександр, secular name Oleksandr Mykolayovych Drabynko, Ukrainian: Олександр Миколайович Драбинко; born 18 March 1977) is a metropolitan bishop of Pereyaslav and Vyshneve of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. For a long time Oleksandr Drabynko was a personal secretary of Volodymyr Sabodan.^[1] According to Metropolitan Jonathan Yeletskykh, “being the personal secretary of His Beatitude Volodymyr, he practically ruled the entire UOC and even shaped the course of the UOC. And especially in the last three years of the life of the seriously ill Primate of the UOC".^[2]

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[2] "ТУЛЬЧИН. Митрополит Ионафан рассказал о попытке внутрицерковного переворота в УПЦ". pravoslavye.org.ua. Ukrayina Pravoslavna. Official website of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. 2016-11-28. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-05-28.

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