Benjamin Tupieka

Metropolitan Benjamin (Belarusian: Мітрапаліт Веніямі́н; Russian: Митрополит Вениамин, romanized: Mitropolit Veniamin; secular name Vital Ivanavič Tupieka (Belarusian: Віта́ль Іва́навіч Тупе́ка; Russian: Виталий Иванович Тупеко, romanized: Vitaly Ivanovich Tupeko; born 16 September 1968) is a Belarusian Orthodox bishop currently serving as Metropolitan of Minsk and as Patriarchal Exarch of the Belarusian Orthodox Church since 2020. He has also been Metropolitan of Barysaŭ since 2010. He is the first Belarusian to be head of the Belarusian Orthodox Church.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanavič and the family name is Tupieka.

Vienijamin
Exarch of the Belarusian Orthodox Church
Metropolitan of Minsk
Metropolitan of Barysaŭ
Vienijamin in 2016
ChurchRussian Orthodox Church
See
  • Belarus
  • Minsk
  • Barysaŭ
Installed6 September 2020
PredecessorPaul Ponomaryov
Personal details
Born
Vital Ivanavič Tupieka

(1968-09-16) 16 September 1968
Luninets, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
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