Nestor

Archbishop Nestor (, secular name Yevgeny Yuryevich Sirotenko, ; born 4 September 1974) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Ex-Archbishop of Madrid and Lisbon and Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe.

During 2010–2018 he was Bishop of Chersonesus, responsible for the administration parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in France, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal. He was then appointed as Metropolitan of Korsun and Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe, position from which he was deposed in November 2025 as an ecclesiastical trial was started against him. Metropolitan Mark of Ryazan and Mikhailov took his position temporarily.

Biography He graduated from high school in 1991. In 1991–1995 he studied at Faculty of Informatics of the Moscow State Institute for History and Archives (now Russian State University for the Humanities).

In 1991–1995 he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of the Russian Federation. At the same time, he was an altar boy in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in the village of Peredelkino.

On 28 August 2010, in the Dormition Cathedral, Moscow, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia elevated him to the rank of Archimandrite. On 4 September of the same year, at the Patriarchal Residence in Chisty Lane, Moscow, Archimandrite Nestor was nominated as Bishop of Caffa, vicar of the diocese of Chersonesus. On 5 September, in the Cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour, he was consecrated Bishop of Caffa, vicar of the diocese of Chersonesus.

On 24 December 2010 the Holy Synod appointed him as ruling hierarch to the Diocese of Chersonesus with the task of managing the Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy.

On 16 July 2013, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was released from the management of parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy.

On 28 December 2018, by a decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed administrator of the then established Spanish-Portuguese diocese, which was then separated from the Diocese of Chersonesus, with the title "Bishop of Madrid and Lisbon".

On 3 January 2019 Patriarch Kirill elevated him to the rank of Archbishop in the Dormition Cathedral, Moscow.

In August 2019 he laid the foundation stone for the new Church of the Presentation of the Lord in Adeje (Tenerife, Canary Islands). Which is the third Russian Orthodox temple built in Spain. It is also expected to attend its planned opening for 2020.

It was announced in November 2025 that by Patriarch Kirill's order he was to be subjected to an ecclesiastical trial and deposed from his positions. His place was filled temporarily by Metropolitan Mark of Ryazan and Mikhailovsk.

Published works Зерцало смирения // Встреча. 1996. – № 3. – С. 11–12. Радуйся, многия в разуме просвещающия // Встреча. 1997. – № 2 (5). – С. 12–14. «Мне хочется быть монахом». Жизнеописание Патриарха Алексия I // Встреча. 1997. – № 3 (6). – С. 15–26. Августин (Сахаров) // Православная энциклопедия. – М. : Церковно-научный центр «Православная энциклопедия», 2000. – Т. I. – С. 113–114. – 752 с. – 40 000 экз. – . Слово архимандрита Нестора (Сиротенко) при наречении во епископа Кафского, викария Корсунской епархии // patriarchia.ru, 4 сентября 2010 Ходатай о русском единстве – памяти архипастыря русских приходов в Западной Европе // e-vestnik.ru, 23 января 2013 Avant propos // Leonide Ouspensky. Le mystere de l’Icône. 1987–2017. – Paris, 2017. – 284 p.