The rector of the Church of the Archangel Michael in Altea is Priest Yaroslav Pirkovsky. He was born on April 23, 1982, in the village of Prokhory, Chernihiv Region, Ukraine. He received his theological education at the Chernihiv Theological School and the Kyiv Theological Seminary. On March 28, 2004, he was ordained to the priesthood by Metropolitan Vladimir of Chișinău and All Moldova at the Nativity of Christ Cathedral in Chișinău.

From 2004 to 2011, he served as rector of the Church of St. John the Theologian in the village of Prodănești, Florești District, Republic of Moldova. In 2011, he was placed under the jurisdiction of Bishop Nestor of Korsun. He carried out his pastoral ministry in various parishes of the Diocese of Korsun, including Padua, Milan, Paris, and Lloret de Mar.

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In the autumn of 2011, he was appointed rector of the Parish of St. Job of Pochaev in Murcia.

By a decision of the Holy Synod dated December 25, 2014, he was received into the clergy of the Diocese of Korsun.

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On May 11, 2015, Bishop Nestor of Korsun awarded him the right to wear a pectoral cross.