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Sylvestr (Stoychev)

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Bishop Sylvestr (Alexander Nikolayevich Stoychev; born May 30, 1980, in Odessa USSR) – bishop of Ukrainian Orthodox Church, bishop ob Belogorodka, the vicar of Kyiv Metropoly, rector of Kyiv Theological Academy&Seminary (since December 21, 2017), the chairman of South-eastern Kyiv vicariate (since January 5th, 2018). Name day – 15th January (in honor to st. Sylvestr, the Roman Pope).

Biography[edit]

Stoychev Alexander Nikolayevich, was born May 30, 1980 in Odessa, the Ukrainian SSR in a family of workers.

In 1998 he entered Odessa theological seminary, and graduated it in 2002. In 2005 he entered Moscow Theological Academy. From 2006-2007 he taught a number of theological disciplines at the Faculty of Psychology of John The Theologian Russian orthodox university.

After graduating from Moscow, he taught in Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary.

April 2nd, 2009 was tonsured into monasticism with the name Sylvestr in honor of St. Sylvetr the Roman Pope, by archbishop of Boryspil Anthony (Pakanych). April 11th the same year was ordained into hierodeacon by the Metropolitan of Kyiv and whole Ukraine Volodymyr (Sabodan).[1]. May 21st the same year was ordained into hieromonc, by archbishop of Boryspil Anthony. On the day of Pentecost 2009, he was awarded a pectoral cross.On December 13 of the same year he was elevated to the rank of hegumen.

From 2008 to 2017 - responsible editor of the official website of the Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary and curator of the student magazine "Academic Chronicler".

On April 26th, 2010 he defended his thesis “Religious and philosophical views of M. M. Tareev”.

On May 1st, 2013 was elevated to the archimandrite.

Since 2013 till December 21st, 2017 worked at the position of vice-rector on educational and methodical work of the Kyiv Theological Academy&Seminary.

Member of Theologic-canonical commission of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Holy Synodus.

Since 2014 - Deputy Head of the Commission for the Canonization of Saints of the Kiev Diocese.

Bishop[edit]

On December 21st, 2017 by the decision of Ukrainian Orthodox Church Holy Synodus was appointed to the post of rector of the Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary and elected Bishop of Bilogorodka, vicar of the Kiev Metropoly[2].

On December 23rd the same year in the Refectory church of St. Anthony and Theodosius the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was named Bishop[3].

On December 24th, 2017 the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphriy (Berezovsky), headed the ordination of the rector of the KThA Archimandrite Sylvester (Stoychev) into Bishop of Bilogorodka, vicar of the Kiev Metropoly during the Divine Liturgy at the Refectory Church of the reverent Anthony and Theodosius, of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.

In ordination also took part Metropolitan Paul (Lebed) of Vyshgorod and Chernobyl, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the UOC, metropolitan of Lugansk and Alchevsk Mitrofan (Yurchuk), the chairman of the UOC-Metropolitan of Boryspil and Brovary Anthony (Pakanich), Archbishop of Lviv and Galich Philaret (Kucherov), Archbishop of Boyarka Theodosius (Snigirev), Bishop of Berdyansk and Primorsk Ephrem (Yarinko), Bishop of Borodyanka Varsonophiy (Stolyar), Bishop of Voznesensk and Pervomaysk Alexy (Shpakov), Bishop of Yuzhny Diodor (Vasilchuk), Bishop of Gostomel Tikhon (Sofiychuk), Bishop of Baryshevka Victor (Kotsaba).

Publications[edit]

  1. Sylvestr (Stoychev), archimandrite. Dogmatic Theology. A manual for the 2nd class of theological seminary. K., 2016. 240 p[4]
  2. The word of Archimandrite Sylvester (Stoychev) on the ordination for Bishop of Bilogorodka, vicar of the Kyiv Metropoly [Electronic resource]. URL: http://news.church.ua/2017/12/23/slovo-arximandrita-silvestra-stojcheva-pri-narechenni-u-jepiskopa-bilogorodskogo-vikariya-kijivskoji-mitropoliji.
  3. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Discussion between professors Y.A. Kulakovsky and M.G. Kovalnitskiy on the legal aspects of the relationship of the Roman authorities to Christians before the issuance of the Milan edict // Works of Kyiv Theological Academy №19.
  4. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. A sermon on the day of the memory of the reverent Nestor the Chronicler and the Cathedral of All Saints of the Kiev Theological Academy // Works of Kyiv Theological Academy №20.
  5. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Problems of the church calendar: past and present // Church Orthodox newspaper. №1 (371).
  6. About why the known critic of Christianity Umberto Eko is useful [the Electronic resource].URL: http://pravlife.org/content/arhimandrit-silvestr-stoychev-o-tom-chem-polezen-izvestnyy-kritik-hristianstva-umberto-eko.
  7. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. What is demoniacy and how to identify it? [Electronic resource].URL: http://pravlife.org/content/chto-takoe-besnovanie-i-kak-ego-opoznat.
  8. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Passion: to serve or not to serve? [Electronic resource].URL: http://pravlife.org/content/passiya-sluzhit-ili-ne-sluzhit-otvechaet-arhimandrit-silvestr-stoychev.
  9. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Unpopular advice for "advanced" youth [Electronic resource].URL: http://pravlife.org/content/gadzhety-ne-delayut-cheloveka-mudrym-uveren-arh-silvestr-stoychev-pomoshchnik-rektora-kda.
  10. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Associate professor of the KThA told us what the use of philosophy to the Orthodox [Electronic resource]. URL: http://www.bf- favor.org/reviews/artilce/dotsent_kda_raskazal_zachem_pravoslavnym_filosofiya.
  11. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Associate Professor of the KThA responded to criticism of the founder and heavenly patron of the Kiev Theological Schools [Electronic resource]. URL: http://www.bf-favor.org/reviews/artilce/v_kda_otvetili_na_kritiku_v_adres_svoego_osnovatelya_i_nebesnogo_pokrovitelya.
  12. Sylvester (Stoychev), archimandrite. Why do people believe the media? [Electronic resource]. URL: http://www.bf-favor.org/reviews/artilce/dotsent_kda_rasskazal_mozhno_li_verit_sovremennym_smi.
  13. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. How St. Grigory Palamas a brilliant aristocrat turned into an archbishop and theologian? [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ww.pravlife.org/content/kak-svt-grigoriy-palama-iz-blestyashchego-aristokrata-prevratilsya-v-arhiepiskopa-I/.
  14. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Who are the angels? Orthodox angelology [Electronic resource]. URL:  http://www.pravlife.org/content/kto-takie-angely-pravoslavnaya-angelologiya.
  15. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Russian Theological School: an attempt of scientific classification [Electronic resource]. URL:  http://pravlife.org/content/russkaya-bogoslovskaya-shkola-grandioznaya-popytka-nauchnoy-klassifikacii.
  16. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Who are Gog and Magog? What merits have they become so famous for? [Electronic resource]. URL:  http://pravlife.org/content/kto-takie-gog-i-magog-za-kakie-zaslugi-oni-stali-stol-izvestny.
  17. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. How many names have the Lord [Electronic resource]. URL: http://pravlife.org/content/arhimandrit-silvestr-stoychev-skolko-imen-u-gospoda.
  18. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. How the martyr Tatiana related to students, or how not to be afraid of the session [Electronic resource].URL:  http://pravlife.org/content/kakoe-otnoshenie-k-studentam-imeet-muchenica-tatyana-ili-kak-ne-boyatsya-sessii.
  19. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Biographics of the saints: who and how make them up [Electronic resource]. URL: http://pravlife.org/content/zhitiya-svyatyh-kto-i-kak-ih-sostavlyaet.
  20. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. About the judgment of God for non-Christians // Church Orthodox Newspaper, No. 1 (395), January 2016.
  21. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. "Generation of google" and saint Philaret, or how to fight laziness [Electronic resource]. URL:  http://pravlife.org/node/5410.
  22. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Who will fall for the Last Judgment? [Electronic resource].URL:  http://pravlife.org/content/kto-popadet-na-strashnyy-sud.
  23. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. The reasons to attend the canon of Andrew of Crete and make obeisances? [Electronic resource]. URL:  http://pravlife.org/content/zachem-prisutstvovat-na-kanone-andreya-kritskogo-i-delat-zemnye-poklony.
  24. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. The Eucharisty: what you need to know, how often you can take communion, what is an obstacle [Электронный ресурс]. URL: http://pravlife.org/content/tainstvo-prichastiya-chto-nuzhno-znat-kak-chasto-mozhno-prichashchatsya-chto-yavlyaetsya.
  25. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Baptism: what happens during the Sacrament, who can participate, who can not be godfather [Electronic resource]. URL: http://pravlife.org/content/kreshchenie-chto-proishodit-vo-vremya-tainstva-kto-mozhet-uchastvovat-komu-nelzya-byt.
  26. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. "Theology - for all - guest of the festival of the Orthodox deaf children, Archimandrite Sylvester (Stoychev)" [Electronic resource]. URL: http://prav-gluhie.church.ua/2016/05/07/bogoslovie-dlya-vsex-gost-festivalya-pravoslavnoj-neslyshashhej-molodezhi-arximandrit-silvestr-stojchev/.
  27. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Can a woman belong to the clergy in a church? [Electronic resource]. URL:  http://pravlife.org/content/mozhet-li-zhenshchina-byt-svyashchennosluzhitelem-v-cerkvi.
  28. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. What is the meaning of life, how to find its purpose [Electronic resource]. URL: http://pravlife.org/content/v-chem-smysl-zhizni-kak-nayti-svoe-prednaznachenie.
  29. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Is theology a waste of time? [Electronic resource]. URL:  http://pravlife.org/content/bogoslovie-eto-bespoleznaya-trata-vremeni.
  30. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. On the unknowableness of the cognizable image of God [Electronic resource]. URL:  http://pravlife.org/content/o-neopoznannosti-poznavaemogo-obraza-bozhiya.
  31. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Why did Judas betray Christ? On the betrayal of Judas Iscariot [Electronic resource]. URL: http://pravlife.org/content/pochemu-iuda-predal-hrista.
  32. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. God is dead. Why is this, and not the other way, of our salvation? [Electronic resource].URL: http://pravlife.org/content/bog-umer-pochemu-imenno-takim-ne-inym-sposobom-my-poluchaem-nashe-spasenie.
  33. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Why did Christ descend into hell [Electronic resource]. URL: http://pravlife.org/content/zachem-hristos-spustilsya-v-ad.
  34. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Why does death exist if Hell is trampled upon? Why do people continue to die? [Electronic resource]. URL:  http://pravlife.org/content/pochemu-smert-sushchestvuet-esli-popran-ad-pochemu-lyudi-prodolzhayut-umirat .
  35. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. How to pray: according to a prayer or with your own words? What is the difference? [Electronic resource]. URL:  http://pravlife.org/content/kak-pravilno-molitsya-po-molitvoslovu-ili-svoimi-slovami-v-chem-raznica.
  36. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. How to consider public opinion of modern Christians: ignore or listen? [Electronic resource]. URL:  http://pravlife.org/content/kak-otnositsya-k-obshchestvennomu-mneniyu-sovremennym-hristianam-ignorirovat-ili.
  37. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Is it possible to cremate a deceased relative? [Electronic resource]. URL: http://pravlife.org/content/mozhno-li-kremirovat-umershego-rodstvennika.
  38. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. What is the meaning of life? How do you know your destination? [Electronic resource]. URL: http://pravlife.org/content/v-chem-smysl-zhizni-kak-uznat-svoe-prednaznachenie.
  39. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. On the structure of the Church. What makes us Christians, what church do we belong to? [Electronic resource]. URL: http://pravlife.org/content/ob-ustroystve-cerkvi-chto-delaet-nas-hristianami-k-kakoy-cerkvi-my-sebya-otnosim.
  40. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Theological study of the relationship between Adam and Eve. Why did God create Adam and Eve? [Electronic resource]. URL: http://pravlife.org/content/bogoslovskoe-issledovanie-otnosheniy-adama-i-evy-zachem-bog-sotvoril-adamu-evu.
  41. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. Why is God a Trinity? On the triune action of God in the world [Electronic resource].URL: http://pravlife.org/content/pochemu-bog-troica-o-triedinom-deystvii-boga-v-mire.
  42. Sylvester (Stoychev), Archimandrite. The house in which we live [Electronic resource]. URL: http://pravlife.org/content/dom-v-kotorom-my-zhivem.
  43. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. Wife-bearers: to approach the ideal [Electronic resource].URL: http://www.pravoslavie.ru/jurnal/53227.htm.
  44. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. On carrying the cross and following Christ [Electronic resource]. URL: http://www.pravoslavie.ru/put/45590.htm.
  45. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. People of God and idols of modernity [Electronic resource].URL: http://www.pravoslavie.ru/jurnal/55251.htm.
  46. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. "The KThA Studies are the face of an era" [Electronic resource]. URL: http://www.uchkom.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=712:-l-r&catid=28:2010-06-02-05-34-34&Itemid=4.
  47. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. Gift for the anniversary: the electronic edition of the journal "KThA Studies" [Electronic resource]. URL: http://www.uchkom.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=211:-q-q-&catid=28:2010-06-02-05-34-34&Itemid=4.
  48. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. Review of: Proceedings of Nizhny Novgorod Theological Seminary: Collection of works of teachers and students. Issue 6. Nizhny Novgorod, 2008. 512 p.
  49. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. With the emergence of the student's scientific society, an atmosphere was created, charging with enthusiasm [Electronic resource]. URL: http://archive.taday.ru/text/1265558.html.
  50. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. Disputes about the TIN: what you need to be afraid of most [Electronic resource]. URL: http://www.mgarsky-monastery.org/kolokol.php?id=2249.
  51. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. Life and Theology of Mikhail Tareev [Electronic resource]. URL: http://theology.in.ua/ua/bp/bp_history/theological_history/38808/.
  52. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. On the issue of recognition / non-recognition of the sacraments of the UAOC and UOC-KP. [Electronic resource] URL: http://www.religion.in.ua/main/8688-a.html.
  53. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. Bride Unbridable // Church Orthodox Newspaper. No. 7 (281).
  54. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. "Rejoice, the Cross of the Lord!" // Orthodox Church newspaper. №6 (304).
  55. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. "I appointed her to you for the altar." The Bible and the Holy Fathers about the use of blood for food // The Orthodox Church newspaper. №8 (306).
  56. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. Fasting on Saturday for the sake of heroism // The Orthodox Church newspaper. №5 (279).
  57. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. On the validity of the sacraments in other faiths // The Orthodox Church newspaper. №6 (328).
  58. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. Traditions of the apostolic faith, or what is the pillar and affirmation of truth? // The Orthodox Church newspaper. №6 (280).
  59. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. "New Theology" by Professor M. M. Tareev // Kiev Theological Academy Studies. №12.
  60. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. The doctrine of Professor M. M. Tareev about Kenozis // Kiev Theological Academy Studies. №13.
  61. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. Review of: Sylvester Syropul. Memories of the Ferrara-Florence Cathedral (1438-1439): In 12 parts. SPb, 2010 // Kiev Theological Academy Studies. №14.
  62. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. From the history of theological discussions: Professors M. M. Tareyev and D. I. Bogdashevsky // Kiev Theological Academy Studies. №16.
  63. Sylvester (Stoychev), hegumen. To the question of the western influence in the theological heritage of St. Peter Mogyla // Kiev Theological Academy Studies. № 17.

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