Archbishop Daniel (real name, Volodymyr Olegovych Zelinsky,[a] born September 28, 1972) is an American Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch who is the Archbishop of Pamphylia and of the Western Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (UOC of USA) since 2008.

Zelinsky was born on September 28, 1972, in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine to a family of teachers and grew up in Buchach.

[1] In 1996, he emigrated to the United States, where he attended the Catholic University of America and later the Dominican House of Studies, both located in Washington, D.C. At this point in time, he was ordained a deacon.

[1] On May 12, 2001, Zelinsky was ordained a priest by Archbishop Anthony at the St. Andrew Memorial Church in South Bound Brook, New Jersey.

[3] On May 22, 2002, he was ordained a monk by Anthony under the name Daniel, which took place at the Ukrainian monastery of St. Elijah in Dover, Florida.