He received a Bachelor’s degree in physical electronics from St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in 2001. In 2002 he became very active in Christian organizations in his community, working with Billy Graham and also serving as an on-air radio ministry in St. Petersburg. During the 2005/2006 North West Russian and Belarus Annual Conference, Pavel was appointed pastor of Christ the Savior UMC. He then became a full time seminary student and graduated from the Moscow United Methodist Theological Seminary in 2009. He was ordained in 2012. Pavel is the administrator of website services, Eurasia www.umc-eurasia.ru and responsible for Upper Room, Russia (Mesto Vstrechi) sales.