Career
In 1969 he entered the Order of Saint Basil the Great in Mundare, Alberta. He was ordained a priest on August 28, 1977 and was ordained as the Eparchial Bishop of Edmonton on 3 April 1997. He was appointed Metropolitan of Winnipeg on 9 January 2006 and installed on 11 February 2006.
He holds a doctorate degree in Eastern Liturgy from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome.