THE SPEECH DELIVERED BY HIS GRACE RIGHT REVEREND AGAFANGEL, THE METROPOLITAN OF ODESSA AND IZMAIL AT THE CONFERENCE OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL AT THE ODESSA STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY DURING THE CEREMONY OF AWARDING HIM A TITLE THE “HONOURED DOCTOR”
20th of February, 2007

In February 2007, His Eminence Metropolitan Agafangel of Odessa and Izmail was elected Honorary Doctor of the Odessa State Medical University.

Metropolitan Agafangel – Doctor of Theology, Honorary Member of the Kyiv Theological Academy, Honorary Doctor of the Odessa National Law Academy, Honorary Citizen of the cities of Odessa, Greenville (France) and Baton Rouge (USA). The name of Metropolitan Agafangel is included in the biographical reference book “Ukraine: 10 years of independence. 500 Influential Personalities.

For many years of fruitful work in the struggle for peace and cooperation between peoples, Metropolitan Agafangel was awarded high state awards from Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Georgia, and Armenia.

The noble mission of mercy of Metropolitan Agafangel is expressed in the large-scale charitable activities of the Odessa Metropolis, the care of orphans, the elderly, the disabled, the homeless, the arrangement of shelters, mercy departments, cooperation with medical institutions in Odessa, including the clinic of the Odessa Medical University.