Archbishop
Saint Sylvester, Archbishop of Omsk and Pavlodar, was born on 31 May 1860 in the village of Kosovno, in the Kyiv Governorate. He graduated from the Kyiv Theological School and the Theological Academy. He was ordained a deacon and subsequently a priest in 1892.
In 1910, he was tonsured as a monk and given the name Sylvester. He was soon elevated to the rank of archimandrite. In 1911, he was consecrated Bishop of Priluki. He later served as Bishop of Chelyabinsk and Archbishop of Omsk and Pavlodar. In 1918, he headed the Provisional Church Administration in Siberia.
He was arrested on 6 February 1918 and met a martyr’s death on 13 February 1920 in Omsk. In August 2000, he was numbered among the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church.
