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Filaret (Denysenko)
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Patriarch Filaret (secular name in Ukrainian Mykhailo Antonovych Denysenko, in Russian Mikhail Antonovich Denisenko, officially His Holiness, the Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus’ - Ukraine Filaret; born 23 January 1930) is the head of the non-canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate (since 1995), and a former Metropolitan bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church (until 1992; excommunicated in 1997).
Filaret
Filaret is a male given name of Greek origin, commonly used as a monastic name in the Orthodox Church. It may refer to: