Top UOC seminary students receive Primate's scholarships in Kyiv
Students from eight theological schools of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church received scholarships named in honor of the UOC Primate during celebrations marking the feast day of St. Nestor the Chronicler.
On November 9, 2026, students from theological schools of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) were awarded scholarships established by the Church's Primate during celebrations at the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary (KDAiS), the institution's website reports. The awards were presented during the academy's annual celebration, marking the feast of St. Nestor the Chronicler and the Synaxis of Saints of the Kyiv Theological Academy.
The scholarships were awarded for academic excellence and exemplary conduct. Recipients represented the Kyiv Theological Academy and the theological seminaries of Kyiv, Odessa, Kharkiv, Volyn, Pochaiv, Poltava, and Sumy.
Among those honored were Hierodeacon Justin (Ivanashko), a first-year master's student at the Kyiv Theological Academy, and Maksym Paryduda, a second-year student at the Kyiv Seminary. Third-year students Illia Hlushko of the Odesa Seminary and Priest Dionisiy Sokolov of the Kharkiv Seminary also received awards. Other scholarship recipients included fourth-year students Petro Shalamai of the Volyn Seminary and Taras Shtyk of the Pochaiv Seminary.
Sofiia Bruevych, a second-year student in the choir directors and cantors program at the Poltava Missionary Seminary, also received a scholarship. Ihor Seredenko, a fourth-year student at the Sumy Seminary named after His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr, was likewise honored.
In addition, the Synodal Scholarship named after Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan) was awarded to second-year Kyiv Theological Academy student Dmytro Lytvyn and third-year Kyiv Seminary student Bohdan Popov. Hieromonk Sevastian (Skorokhod), a postgraduate student at the Kyiv Theological Academy, received a scholarship from the Educational Committee of the Holy Synod of the UOC.
As the UOJ previously reported, an exhibition dedicated to the legacy of St. Petro Mohyla opened at the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary.
