UOC Synod appoints new head of Ovruch Eparchy
The Holy Synod of the UOC has appointed Archbishop Spiridon (Holovastov) to lead the Ovruch Eparchy.
The Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has appointed Archbishop Spiridon (Holovastov) as the new ruling hierarch of the Ovruch Eparchy, the UOC Information and Education Department reports.
The hierarch will lead the eparchy with the title of Archbishop of Ovruch and Korosten. Before his appointment, Archbishop Spiridon served as a vicar bishop of the Kyiv Metropolia.
His predecessor, Metropolitan Vissarion (Stretovych), who had led the Ovruch Eparchy for more than 32 years, reposed in the Lord on September 18, 2026.
Archbishop Spiridon, born Serhiy Mykolaiovych Holovastov, was born on April 24, 1975, in Dnipropetrovsk. He graduated from Odesa Theological Seminary in 1997 and was tonsured a monk at the Holy Dormition Sviatohirsk Lavra in 1996.
In June 2018, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine consecrated him as Bishop of Dobropillia, vicar of the Horlivka Eparchy.
In August 2022, he was elevated to the rank of archbishop. In 2023, he was appointed a vicar of the Kyiv Metropolia, retaining his title of Archbishop of Dobropillia.
As the UOJ previously reported, the UOC elected a vicar bishop for the Khust Eparchy.
