Talk:Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko)/Official bio

Biography of His Holiness, FILARET Patriarch of Kyiv & All Rus’-Ukraine 1929 23 January - born in Blahodatne, Amvrosyyiv Rayon, Donetsk Oblast 1950 1 January - Received monastic tonsure with the name Filaret

15 January - Ordained hierodeacon by Patriarch Aleksiy (Shimansky) 1951 18 June - ordained priest 1952 Graduated from Moscow Theological Academy

Professor of New Testament at Moscow Theological Seminary 1953 Senior Assistant to Moscow Theological Academy inspector 1956 Appointed Inspector of Spiritual Seminary in Saratov

Elevated to rank of Ihumen 1957 Appointed Inspector of Spiritual Seminary in Kyiv 1958 12 July - Elevated to rank of Archimandrite, and appointed Rector of Spiritual Seminary in Kyiv 1960 Placed in charge of the administration of the Ukrainian Exarchate and appointed pastor of St. Volodymyr Sobor in Kyiv 1961 June, 1961 to January, 1962 - pastor of Russian Orthodox Representation Church to Patriarchate of Alexandria 1962 12 January - elected vicar Bishop of Leningrad [St. Petersburg] Eparchy

4 February - ordained Bishop in Leningrad [St. Petersburg] by: Met. (later Patriarch) Pimen (Izvyekov), Abp. Nikodim (Rotov), and Bps. Kyprian (Zernov), Mykhayil (Voskresenskyj), Mykhayil (Chub) and Nikodim (Rusnak)

3 June to October - Exarch of Central Europe

October, 1962 to December, 1964 - Bishop of Vienna and Austria 1964 December to May, 1966 - Bishop of Dmytrov, vicar of Moscow Eparchy and Rector of Moscow Spiritual Academy and Seminary 1966 14 May - Elevated to rank of Archbishop, appointed permanent member of the Holy Synod and Archbishop of Kyiv and Halych, Exarch of Ukraine 1970 Elected honorary member of the Moscow Spiritual Academy 1973 Elected honorary member of the Leningrad [St. Petersburg] Spiritual Academy 1970’s Authored numerous theological works; Presented papers at various scientific-theological meetings and conferences throughout Europe 1988 Primary organizer of the celebration of the Millennium of the Baptism of Rus’ due to prolonged illness of Patriarch Pimen (Izvyekov) 1990 3 May - Following death of Patriarch Pimen (Izvyekov), elected locum tenens of Muscovite Patriarchal throne

7-8 June - Chairman of full Sobor of Russian Church held in Moscow

25-27 October - Upon initiative of Metropolitan FILARET, Hierarchical Sobor of Russian Church grants independence in administrative matters to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) in Ukraine; Vladyka FILARET is unanimously elected by the hierarchs in Ukraine to be Archpastor of the UOC with the title “Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine” 1991 1-3 November - Sobor of the UOC in Kyiv, headed by Met. FILARET, acting upon the proclamation of independence of Ukraine (August 24), sends petition requesting autocephaly (total independence) for the UOC 1992 1-2 April - Hierarchical Sobor of Russian Church refuses request for autocephaly of the UOC headed by Met. FILARET

27 May - Kharkiv “Sobor”, called by Moscow Patriarchate, in violation of Church canons, the Statute of the UOC, and decisions of the Hierarchical Sobor of the ROC regarding the independence of the UOC in administrative matters, elected a hierarch of the Russian Church to be Archpastor of Ukrainian Orthodox Church

25-26 June - All-Ukrainian Orthodox Sobor in Kyiv united UOC headed by Metropolitan FILARET and UAOC headed by Patriarch MSTYSLAV into one Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP); elected by this Sobor to be Vicar of the Patriarch 1993 11 June - death of Patriarch MSTYSLAV

October - Metropolitan VOLODYMYR (Romaniuk) elected and enthroned as Patriarch with participation of Metropolitan FILARET and Archbishop Antony (Scharba) of New York and Washington and other hierarchs of the UOC-KP 1995 14 July - death of Patriarch VOLODYMYR

October - Elected and enthroned as the third Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus’-Ukraine 1998 23 October to 16 November - Visited the United States including the following parishes: St. Nicholas in Cooper City (Miami), Florida; St. Sophia and Holy Pokrova in Chicago, Illinois; St. Stephen in Brunswick, Ohio; Holy Trinity in North Royalton, Ohio; Cathedral of St. Volodymyr in Parma, Ohio; Holy Trinity in Parma, Ohio; St. Andrew in Detroit, Michigan; as well as Holy Protection and Holy Ascension in Clifton, New Jersey [Journal 18 of the 23 November 1998 Session of the Holy Synod contains the text of the Synod’s resolution regarding the visit of His Holiness.] [A full report of the visit of His Holiness to the United States is contained in the February, 1999 edition of the journal Ukrainians of America for Kyivan Patriarchate.]

21 November - Consecrated reconstructed Bell Tower of St. Michael Golden-domed Monastery in Kyiv

23 November - Presided over the Session of the Holy Synod, which approved the petition of the Orthodox Mission in Texas, headed by Bishop Makarios, to be received as part of the UOC-KP [Journal 19 of the 23 November 1998 Session of the Holy Synod contains the text of this resolution.] -user:Sashazlv