From 1992 to 1994, he was the head of Irkutsk Ukrainian people's association coming from the same area.
[2] On 14 May 2004 he was elected the Sumy and Okhtyrka bishop by Sacred Synod of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate.
On 6 June 2004 he was consecrated as a bishop[2] in Kyiv St Volodymyr's Cathedral.
On 2 February 2006 he was temporarily appointed to lead Chernihiv eparchy pluralistically and led until 13 May 2008.
He is conferred of higher church rewards: the Order of Yuriy Peremozhets (14 December 2006).