On September 8, 2024, the Master of the Order, Bro Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, appointed Bro Pavel Syssoev, OP, son of the Dominican Province of Toulouse, as Socius of the Master for the Provinces of Europe (I).
Bro Pavel together with Bro Thomas are the new Socii of the Master for the Provinces of Europe. A special thanks to Bro Miguel Angel del Rio, OP and Bro Alain Arnould, OP, for having served in these offices.
Bro Pavel Syssoev was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1977. After studying philosophy in Russia and at the Sorbonne in France, he worked as a lecturer. He joined the Dominican Province of Toulouse in 2002. He taught in the friars’ studium and in seminaries, preached numerous retreats and the Rosary pilgrimage in 2020. He was prior of Bordeaux and then Marseille, socius to the provincial of his province. He joined the community of Sainta Sabina in May 2024.