Background
Nicolae Cantarean was born in Kolinkivtsi in Chernivtsi, a region in the southwest of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union bordering northern Moldova.
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Born into a working-class family, in 1969 Nicolae graduated from secondary school and, in 1970, from vocational school.
Career
He served in the Soviet Army from 1970 until 1973, after which he began working in the administration of the Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Smolensk. On May 22, 1974, Nicolae was ordained as a celibate deacon, and then on May 22, 1976, as a celibate priest in Smolensk"s Cathedral of the Dormition. In 1981 Hieromonk Nicolae graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary and was appointed to serve at the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Chernivtsi the same year.
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Nicolae also served as secretary of the administration of the Eparchy of Chernivtsi and Bukovina. On November 29, 1987, French Nicolae was tonsured a monk with the name of Vladimir, and in 1988 was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.
In 1989 Archimandrite Vladimir graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy, and on July 21, 1989, was consecrated Bishop of Chişinău and Moldova at Holy Theophany Cathedral in Moscow.
Membership
At the Russian Orthodox Council of Bishops in August 2000 Metropolitan Vladimir was elected a permanent member of the Russian Orthodox Holy Synod.
