 After graduation of the school education in Zarzecze (1969–1977) and lyceum his native town (1977–1981), he subsequently joined the Major Theological Seminary in Lublin and the Catholic University of Lublin, and graduated them with a Master of Sacred Theology degree (1981–1986).He was ordained as priest on December 13, 1986, after completed his philosophical and theological study.After his ordination he served as an assistant parish priest in Poland from 1986 until 1991, when he has been transferred to Ukraine.