Oleksandr Drabynko
Oleksandr | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan of Pereyaslav-Vyshneve | |
| Church | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
| See | Kyiv |
| Elected | 4 March 2019 |
| Predecessor | See created |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop (later Archbishop and Metropolitan) of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi and Vyshneve (UOC-MP) (2007-2018) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 28 July 2006 by Volodymyr (Sabodan) |
| Consecration | 14 December 2007 by Volodymyr (Sabodan) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oleksandr Mykolayovych Drabynko March 18, 1977 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Christianity |
| Alma mater | Kyiv Theological Academy (2002) |
Metropolitan Oleksandr (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. His full title is His Eminence Oleksandr, Metropolitan of Pereyeslav-Vyshneve. For a long time Oleksandr Drabynko was a personal secretary of Volodymyr Sabodan. 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".