Metropolitan Constantine (b. July 29, 1936 – d. May 21, 2012) (

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: Theodore Stanislavovich Buggan) was the Metropolitan of Irinoupolis, and

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of the

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(UOC of USA), which is a jurisdiction of the

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in the

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. The primatial cathedral is in

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(St. Vladimir Cathedral), and the Church's head offices and

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are based in South Bound Brook, New Jersey.

Early life

Metropolitan Constantine was born in

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on July 19, 1936, to Stanley (Stanislav) and Catherine Buggan, a Ukrainian family. Upon completion of his secondary education he entered the College of St. Andrew, in

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(an affiliate college with the

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), Canada, from which he graduated in 1959. He also studied at

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and

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, receiving a doctorate in philosophy from the latter.

Priesthood and episcopacy

On April 23, 1967, he was ordained deacon in South Bound Brook, New Jersey by Metropolitan

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(future first patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyivan Patriarchate), and a priest on July 23 by Metropolitan John (Theodorovich), in

. His pastoral work comprised St. Vladimir Cathedral in

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and at St Nicholas Church in

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. Father Theodore was tonsured a monk on December 18, 1971, receiving the name Constantine, and on May 7, 1972, he was consecrated by Metropolitan

to the

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of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America (UOC in America). In 1977 he was elevated to the rank of

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, and to

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in 1992. After the death of Patriarch

in 1993 he became the

of the UOC in America, and in 1994, of the

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in the Diaspora. From 1995 to 1996, the UOC in America and the

in the Diaspora entered in communion with the

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, and Metropolitan Constantine received the titular diocese of Irinoupolis.

Death

Constantine of Irinoupolis died from congestive heart failure on May 21, 2012, in

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at the age of 75.

External links

Profile
portal-credo.ru
Metropolitan Constantine's final sermon (video) two days before his death

Metropolitan Constantine Enters Eternal Rest

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Constantine 1936 births 2012 deaths Primates of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA bishops American people of Ukrainian descent American Christian monks