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==Life==
Roman Rudnyk was born on [[February 14]], 1972, in Lvov in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. He received his elementary and secondary education in the schools of the USSR before continuing a theological education at the [[Kiev Theological Academy|Kiev Theological Seminary]], graduating in 1992. With the recommendation of [[Archbishop]] [[Vsevolod (Maidansky) of Scopelos]] and blessing of Ecumenical [[Patriarch]] [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople]], Roman then moved to Greece to continue his theological studies at the theological faculty of the Aristotlean Aristotle University in Thessalonicaof Thessaloniki, from which he graduated in 1997.
On [[December 5]], 1997, Roman was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] and given the name Hilarion (Ilarion). On [[December 21]], Hilarion was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] by [[Metropolitan]] Panteleimon of Tyroloe and Serention, [[abbot]] of the Monastery of Vlatadon in Thessalonica, who also ordained Dcn. Hilarion to the [[priest]]hood three years later. [[Hieromonk]] Hilarion continued his theological education, receiving a Master's degree in [[Canon law|canon law]]. In 2002, Fr. Hilarion was assigned to a [[parish]] in Porto, Portugal.
On [[March 21]], 2004, Fr. Hilarion was elevated to the dignity of [[archimandrite]] by the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]]. On [[January 11]], 2005, Fr. Hilarion was elected to the [[episcopate|episcopacy]] as Bishop of Telmissus by the Holy Synod, to serve as assistant to Metropolitan Epiphanius of Spain and Portugal. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] in the [[Patriarchal Church of Saint George (Phanar)|Patriarchal Church of St. George]] in [[Constantinople]] on [[January 29]], 2005.
On [[October 21]], 2008, Bishop Hilarion was elected the diocesan Bishop of Edmonton by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the request of Metropolitan [[John (Stinka) of Winnipeg|John (Stinka)]] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. He was enthroned as Bishop of Edmonton and Western Canada on [[October 26]], 2008, at the Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John in Edmonton, Canada.
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before=?[[John (Stinka) of Winnipeg]]|
title=Bishop of Edmonton and Western Canada<br>(UOCC)|
years=2008 - Present|
==Sources==
*[http://www.uocc.ca/en-ca/about/episcopate/bishopilarion.asp Bishop Ilarion (Rudnyk) of Edmonton]*[[Wikipedia: Ilarion_Hilarion (Rudnyk)]]
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