After graduation of the school education in Shortandy, he joined Major Theological Seminary in Gniezno, Poland (1992–1998) and was ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Karaganda on 1 August 1999,[2] after completed his philosophical and theological studies.[3]
Pastoral and educational work
He returned to Kazakhstan and began to work in the formational and pastoral camps. Fr. Zinkovskiy was a prefect in the Major Theological Seminary in Karaganda (1998–1999) and assistant priest in the St. Joseph parish in Maikuduk (1999–2001), with the break during 2001–2003, when he studied at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy with the licentiate of the philosophy degree. Returning to Karaganda, he was appointed a lecturer of philosophy at the Interdiocesan Seminary. At the same time, in 2003–2011, he served as a parish priest, first in Balkhash (2003–2009), and then in Temirtau (2009–2011).[3]
In 2011, Fr. Yevgeniy was appointed chancellor of the diocesan curia and editor-in-chief of the Kazakh Catholic magazine Credo. During 2014–2015, he was also the diocesan administrator of the Diocese of Karaganda, during vacancy of this see.
