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[[File:Mitrapalit Filaret 01.jpg|right|thumb|Filaret, Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk.]]
His Eminence Metropolitan '''Filaret (VakhromeevVakhromeyev)''', born '''Kirill Varfolomeyevich VakhromeevVakhromeyev''' ({{ru icon}} Кирилл Варфоломеевич Вахромеев), is the current Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, and the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus.
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Born March 21, 1935 in Moscow, Kirill attended the Moscow Theological Seminary from 1953-1957, and then the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary|Moscow Theological Academy]] from 1957-1961.
During the course of his studies, he chose the name Filaret (in honour of the Righteous [[Philaret the Merciful]]), when he received the monastic [[tonsure]] on April 3, 1959. Two years later in 1961, he graduated from the Academy with a doctorate in theology.
From September 1963 he served as the Head of the Graduate School of the Moscow Theological Academy, and on October 8, 1963 he became an [[Archimandrite]]. On October 24, 1965 he was consecrated bishop at the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the [[Alexander Nevsky Lavra]].
From January 6, 1971 to August 25, 1972 he temporarily ruled the diocese of Kaliningrad. On September 9, 1971 he was consecrated as Archbishop, and on April 15, 1975 as Metropolitan.
After serving in Tikhvin, Kaliningrad and Moscow, Filaret was appointed Metropolitan of Minsk and the entire Belarusian SSR in 1978.
{{succession|
before=Anthony (DemyanskDemyansky)|
title=Bishop of [[w:Tikhvin|Tikhvin]],<br>Vicar of the Diocese of Leningrad|
years=October 24, 1965 - May 14, 1966|
{{succession|
before=[[Filaret (Denisenko)]]|title=Bishop of [[w:Dmitrovsky District, Moscow|DmitrovskyDmitrov]],<br>Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow|
years=May 14, 1966 - April 18, 1973|
after=[[Vladimir (Sabodan)]]|}}
{{succession|
{{succession|
before=Anthony (MelnikovaMelnikov)|
title=Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk,<br>Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus|
years=October 10, 1978 - Present|
