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