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His Beatitude '''Metropolitan Michael (Khoroshy)''', (secular name ''Theodot Nykyforovych Khoroshy'') was born in FedorivkaFedorovka, near Chyhyryn, UkraineChigirin, on [[July 10]], 1885. He reposed in the Lord in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on [[May 5]], 1977 and is buried in the Prospect Cemetery in Toronto. He was a [[bishop]] of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]] from 1951-1977, and the Church's [[Metropolitan]] from 1973 until his resignation in 1975.

Theodot Khoroshy began his early education in his village. Later he moved on to the pedagogical [[seminary]] in the town of Shamivka Shamovka in the Kherson region of Ukraine. Following that, he studied at the Theological Seminary and the Faculty of History-Philology of St. Vladimir's Seminary in Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine. In December 1912, Bishop Nicodemus [[Ordination|ordained]] young Theodot a [[deacon]]. During the next few years, he translated the Liturgical [[Psalter]] into Ukrainian. On [[April 24]], 1920, Bishop Dimitrius (Verbytsky) ordained him a [[presbyter|priest]], and in the following months he was appointed [[Dean]] of a church in Ternivka, in the Cherkasy region.

At this time the Bolshevik occupation bringing terrible destruction to ecclesiastical lifeIn December 1912, Bishop Nicodemus [[Ordination|ordained]] young Theodot a [[deacon]]. Despite  During the pressure on clergy to deny their vocationnext few years, Frhe translated the Liturgical [[Psalter]] into Ukrainian. Theodot was On [[April 24]], 1920, Bishop Dimitrius (Verbitsky) ordained him a great soldier of Christ[[presbyter|priest]], and in the following months he was unshakenappointed [[Dean]] of a church in Ternivka, in the Cherkasy region. After the formation of the non-canonical [[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] joined its ranks.  Due to his outstanding clerical work, in 1923 Fr. Theodot was appointed the Dean of the Cathedral of Cherkasy.

With the arrival German Nazi occupation of the Germans in Ukraine in 1941, bring relative religious freedom was established in the formerly atheistic state.  In KirovohradKirovograd, Fr. Theodot organized a Higher Church Government, and in March 1942 he was elected a candidate for the Episcopate. With the blessing of the Administrator of the Warsaw Metropolia in the freed Ukrainian lands, headed by Archbishop Polikarp [[Polycarp (Sikorsky)]], Bishops Nikanor and IhorIgor, tonsured Fr. Theodot a monk on [[May 12]], 1942. He was given the name ''[[Archangel Michael|Michael]]'' and immediately thereafter ordained into the [[episcopate]] as the [[Bishop]] of Kirovohrad Kirovograd at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Kiev.

Even with the German occupation, the Church was still under threat, and priests and bishops often had to suffer. Nevertheless, under the attentive care of Bishop Michael, the Kirovohrad Kirovograd Diocese developed and grew very quickly; thus in November 1942 Bishop Michael was elevated to [[archbishop]]. When the German authorities intruded into Church matters, Archbishop Michael was transfered to the Mykolayiv Nikolayev Diocese. By the conclusion of the war in 1945, Arcbishop Michael had already travelled widely across Europe: to Odessa, Akerman, Galac, Vienna, Warsaw, and throughout Germany and Slovakia. He was allowed to continue his pastoral work for the Ukrainian Orthodox, particularly amongst captives, expatriated workers, and refugees. With the blessing of Metropolitan Polikarp, Archbishop Michael was given the responsibility to look after the Ukrainian Orthodox flock in Bavaria, with its headquarters in Munich. Archbishop Michael was very successful in his new diocese.

Within a few years, with Metropolitan Polikarp's blessing, the Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada invited Archbishop Michael to become her ruling bishop. On [[May 14]], 1951, Archbishop Michael came to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (the Church's Headquarters). However, with the arrival of His Beatitude Metropolitan Ilarion [[Hilarion (Ohienko) of Winnipeg|Hilarion (Ohienko)]] also in 1951, the UOCC decided to use the higher ranking bishop (Ilarion) Hilarion as "Metropolitan of Winnipeg and the Central Diocese, Metropolitan of All Canada, and Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada." Archbishop Michael was now assigned as "Archbishop of Toronto and the Eastern Diocese." Archbishop Michael was the first Bishop of Toronto, and he quickly set about organizing and regulating the life of the new [[Diocese]], through which he traveled frequently. Under his guidance, nineteen new churches which were noted for their beauty were constructed.