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[[File:Mitrapalit Filaret 01.jpg|thumb|200px|Filaret, Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk]] |
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[[Metropolitan Bishop|Metropolitan]] '''Filaret''' ({{lang-ru|Митрополит Филарет}}, {{lang-be|Мітрапаліт Філарэт}}, born '''Kirill Varfolomeyevich Vakhromeev''', {{lang-be|Кірыл Вахрамееў}}, {{lang-ru|Кирилл Вахромеев}}; born 21 March |
[[Metropolitan Bishop|Metropolitan]] '''Filaret''' ({{lang-ru|Митрополит Филарет}}, {{lang-be|Мітрапаліт Філарэт}}, born '''Kirill Varfolomeyevich Vakhromeev''', {{lang-be|Кірыл Вахрамееў}}, {{lang-ru|Кирилл Вахромеев}}; born 21 March 1935 in [[Moscow]]) is the current Metropolitan of [[Minsk]] and [[Slutsk]], the [[Patriarchal Exarch]] of All [[Belarus]] and the leader of the Belarusian Orthodox Church that is an autonomous part of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. |
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Born in 1935 in [[Moscow]], [[RSFSR]], Kirill attended the [[Moscow Theological Academy]] in 1954 after spending a year in the [[seminary]]. During the course of his studies, he chose the name Filaret when he received the [[monastic tonsure]] in 1959. Two years later, he graduated from the Academy with a doctorate in theology. After serving in Minsk, [[Kaliningrad]] and Moscow, Filaret was appointed Metropolitan of Minsk and the entire [[Belarusian SSR]] in 1978. |
Born in 1935 in [[Moscow]], [[RSFSR]], Kirill attended the [[Moscow Theological Academy]] in 1954 after spending a year in the [[seminary]]. During the course of his studies, he chose the name Filaret when he received the [[monastic tonsure]] in 1959. Two years later, he graduated from the Academy with a doctorate in theology. After serving in Minsk, [[Kaliningrad]] and Moscow, Filaret was appointed Metropolitan of Minsk and the entire [[Belarusian SSR]] in 1978. |
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Revision as of 19:23, 3 February 2012
Metropolitan Filaret (Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-be, born Kirill Varfolomeyevich Vakhromeev, Template:Lang-be, Template:Lang-ru; born 21 March 1935 in Moscow) is the current Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus and the leader of the Belarusian Orthodox Church that is an autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Born in 1935 in Moscow, RSFSR, Kirill attended the Moscow Theological Academy in 1954 after spending a year in the seminary. During the course of his studies, he chose the name Filaret when he received the monastic tonsure in 1959. Two years later, he graduated from the Academy with a doctorate in theology. After serving in Minsk, Kaliningrad and Moscow, Filaret was appointed Metropolitan of Minsk and the entire Belarusian SSR in 1978.
In 1989, as the collapse of the Soviet Union was imminent, Filaret was appointed to become the patriarchal exarch of the new country of Belarus. He also served a short term in the Supreme Council of Belarusian SSR as a people's deputy.
In 2006, for his work in the Russian Orthodox Church he was awarded the title Hero of Belarus by President Alexander Lukashenko.[1]
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