Attached Priest

Born in 1982 in Ukraine, Archpriest Oleg attended Kyiv and Pochaev Orthodox Seminaries. He received his degree in Orthodoxy from Pochaev in 2011, followed by his Theological Doctorate (ThDr) degree from the University of Presov (Slovakia) in 2017. In addition to his theological education, he received a Master of Science in Computer Science from Odessa National Polytechnic University in Ukraine in 2005.

Father Oleg was ordained to the diaconate in 2008 and to the priesthood later that year. He was elevated to the dignity of Archpriest in 2015, and awarded the jeweled cross in 2018.

He and his wife Irina and two daughters Angelina and Elizabeth moved to California in 2019, and then to Texas in 2021. He was transferred from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to the Orthodox Church in America in November 2022 to serve at St Seraphim Orthodox Cathedral.

Father Oleg is fluent in English, Russian, and Ukrainian.