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Filaret | |
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| Archbishop and Metropolitan of Kyiv – Mother of the Rus Cities and of Galicia, Patriarch of All Rus-Ukraine, Holy Archimandrite of the Holy Assumption Kyiv-Pechersk and Pochaev Lavras | |
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| Church | Kyiv Patriarchate |
| See | Patriarch of Kyiv and all Ukraine |
| Installed | July 1995 |
| Term ended | 15 December 2018 |
| Predecessor | Ioasaph II (Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)) Volodymyr (Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate) |
| Successor | Metropolitan Epiphany I (Orthodox Church of Ukraine) himself as "Honorary Patriarch" |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 June 1951 |
| Consecration | 4 February 1962 by Pimen I of Moscow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mykhailo Antonovych Denysenko 23 January 1929 |
| Signature | _Signature_2014.png) |
Patriarch Filaret (secular name Mykhailo Antonovych Denysenko, born 23 January 1929) is a Ukrainian religious leader, currently serving as the primate and Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, that he left in 2019, views him as the Honorary Patriarch emeritus, while the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople recognises him as former Metropolitan of Kyiv.[1][2] He was formerly the Metropolitan of Kiev and the Exarch of Ukraine in the Patriarchate of Moscow (1966–1992). After joining the Kyiv Patriarchate, he was defrocked and in 1997 excommunicated by the ROC.
On 11 October 2018, the Patriarchate of Constantinople reinstated him in church communion.[3] However, while restored to the episcopate, the Ecumenical Patriarchate never recognised him as Patriarch and views him as the former Metropolitan of Kyiv.[1][4][5][6][7]
On 15 December 2018, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate united with the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church[8] and some members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (MP)[9] into the Orthodox Church of Ukraine; the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate thus ceased to exist.[10]
- ^ a b "Phanar considers Filaret an ordinary bishop without an episcopal see". spzh.news. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
- ^ "Filaret (Denysenko)". www.pomisna.info.
- ^ "Announcement (11/10/2018). - Announcements - The Ecumenical Patriarchate". www.patriarchate.org.
- ^ "ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΣΤΙΚΟ | Βαρθολομαίος σε Ονούφριο: Δεν μπορείτε να έχετε πλέον τον τίτλο Κιέβου". ROMFEA (in Greek). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
- ^ Ο Σεβασμιώτατος Μητροπολίτης πρώην Κιέβου και Γαλικίας κύριος Φιλάρετος. (γεν. 1929). (Εκκλησία της Ουκρανίας).
- ^ "ΙΕ. ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΑΣ" (in Greek). 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
- ^ "Ecumenical Patriarch met the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine". Ecumenical Patriarchate Permanent Delegation to the World Council of Churches. 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ "Unification council taking place at Kyiv's St. Sophia Cathedral (Live video)". unian.info. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ Cazabonne, Emma (2018-12-15). "The council started late". Orthodoxie.com. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ "Ukraine priests establish new Church". BBC News. 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-18.