As a result of complications after coronavirus disease on Tuesday, March 23, Metropolitan Khmelnytsky and Kamenets-Podolsky died PCU Anthony (Vladislav Makhota).
The churchman was 54 years old. This is reported on website Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
The message says that the Metropolitan was “a caring archpastor, a selfless worker in God’s field, a sincere spiritual mentor and prayer book and a bright, kind-hearted person.”
The main thing from the biography of the OCU Metropolitan, who died from COVID-19:
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In the holy dignity – from 1991, from 1994 to 1995 he served in the Crimean diocese of the Moscow Patriarchate, then transferred to the UOC of the Kiev Patriarchate.
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From March 1995 to July 1996 – rector of the Cathedral of Saints Vladimir and Olga of the UOC-KP in Simferopol, secretary of the Crimean diocese.
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Since July 1996, after taking monastic vows and ordination, he served as Bishop of Simferopol and Crimean UOC-KP.
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In 1997 he was appointed Bishop of Khmelnytsky and Kamenets-Podilsky UOC-KP.
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In 2004, he was elevated to the rank of archbishop, and in 2012 – to the rank of metropolitan. He was also deputy chairman of the Synodal Statutory Commission of the OCU.
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As reported OBOZREVATEL, as of Tuesday morning, March 23, 1,565,732 cases of coronavirus infection were officially confirmed in Ukraine. Of which 11 476 – discovered over the past day. 2519 patients were hospitalized.
Coronavirus in the Odessa region got sick 1,122 people, which was the largest increase among the regions of Ukraine. Over the past day in Kiev got infected 1050 people.
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