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==Life==

~~Abp.~~ Archbishop Kiprian was born Boris Pavlovich Borisevich on [[August 15]], 1903, in Kholm, Russia. He attended school in Kremenetz, graduating in 1916. He then pursued studies at the Theological [[Seminary]] in Volyn, in then eastern Poland, from which he graduated in 1925. After graduating from the seminary, Boris continued his education, studying at the Orthodox Theological Faculty of the University of Warsaw. In 1931 he received a masters degree in theology.

Boris married in 1927 and was ordained a priest in 1928 and assigned a [[parish]] in Lopusho. From 1929 to 1939, Fr. Boris served in a number of positions within the [[diocese]]. These included: Supervisor of Religious Education in a secondary school in Srodno, the diocesan missioner, and sacristan of the [[cathedral]]. In 1939, Fr. Boris was transferred as Supervisor of Religious Education to Vilno in northeastern Poland until 1940. As World War II progressed, Fr. Boris moved with his wife to the west so that as the war ended he was in western Europe where he took part in organizing parishes in Linz, Austria, and in Augsburg, Germany.

after=[[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]]|}}

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before= ~~Dimitry~~ Dimitri (Magon)]|

title= Bishop of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ([[OCA|Metropolia]])|

years=1964-1980|

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