Filaret Denysenko
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 unrecognized 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. 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.
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 | |
| 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 |
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On 11 October 2018, the Patriarchate of Constantinople reinstated him in church communion. However, while restored to the episcopate, the Ecumenical Patriarchate never recognised him as Patriarch and views him as the former Metropolitan of Kyiv.
On 15 December 2018, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate united with the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church and some members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (MP) into the Orthodox Church of Ukraine; the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate thus ceased to exist.