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Nicholas (Olhovsky) of Manhattan

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Rev. Hieromonk '''Nicholas Alexandrovich (Olhovsky)''' ({{lang-ru|Николай Александрович Ольховский}}) is a [[priesthieromonk]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]] and Caretaker of the [[Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign]]<ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2014/20140319_ensynodroc.html The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Confirms the Election of Priest Nicholas Olhovsky as Bishop of Manhattan by the Council of Bishops of the Russian Church Abroad]</ref>, who was nominated on [[December 9]], 2013 by the Synod of Bishops of ROCOR as a candidate for the vacant Manhattan cathedra of the [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Diocese of Eastern American and New York]]<ref>[http://eadiocese.org/News/2014/march/bn.en.htm Moscow: Holy Synod of Russian Orthodox Church approves Election of New Bishop of Manhattan, Vicar of Eastern American Diocese]</ref>. This was confirmed on [[March 19]], 2014 by the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]<ref>[http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/3609112.html ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 19 марта 2014 года]</ref>.
==Life==
===Early Life===
Nicholas Alexandrovich Olhovsky was born on December 17, 1974 in Trenton, New Jersey to Soviet refugees Alexander Nikolaevich and Evdokia Grigorievna (née Rusinovich) Olhovsky fleeing the USSR during World War II. The Olhovsky family were parishioners of the Church of the Holy Dormition. He graduated from the St. Alexander Nevsky Parochial School in Howell, NJ, in 1991; and from Hamilton West High School in 1993. Nicholas received a [[:w:Bachelor of Theology|Bachelor of Theology]] degree from [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]] in Jordanville, New York, in 1998, during which time he executed obediences in book-binding, iconography, and typography until 2002. In 1994, Nicholas was tonsured a [[reader]] by Bishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Manhattan]] on the feast of the [[Dormition of the Theotokos]] in Trenton. He received a Bachelors in Communication & Information Design from the State University of New York Institute of Technology in 2000.
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