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Archbishop '''Vsevolod (Maidansky) of Scopelos''' was an [[auxiliary bishop]] of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]] ([[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]) serving in the United States. He was the presiding bishop of the Western [[Diocese]] of the Church, headquartered in Chicago Illinois.
[[Archbishop]] Vsevolod was consecrated to the episcopacy on [[September 27]], 1987 as primate of the body known as the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America]], which included those [[parish]]es of Ukrainian heritage in the United States under the authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. In 1997, when the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA ]] came under the [[omophorion]] of the Patriarchate as well, the two bodies merged and Bp. Vsevolod moved to Chicago to assume authority of parishes in the western part of the country. When the two Churches joined Abp. Vsevolod was elevated to the rank of archbishop, and on [[April 14]], 2000, the [[Holy Synod]] of Constantinople elevated Bp. Vsevolod officially to that rank.
Abp. Vsevolod reposed on [[December 16]], 2007 at 80 years old.
