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[[Image:Bishop Mitrofan.jpg|right|frame|Bishop of Boston Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky, +2002)]]
His Grace the Right Reverend Bishop '''Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky) of Boston''' was the [[diocese|diocesan]] [[bishop]] of Boston (1992-2002) for the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]].

Mitrophan Znosko-Borovsky was born into the family of a [[parish]] [[priest]] on [[August 17]] ([[August 4]] [[Julian Calendar|O.S.]]), 1909, in the city of Brest-Litovsk (at that time a part of the Russian Empire). 

He studied at the Theological Faculty of Warsaw University, then transferred to the Theological Faculty of Belgrade University as a recipient of a scholarship from the Serbian Patriarch Varnava. 

Mitrophan was [[ordination|ordained]] to priesthood on [[June 12]], 1936, a short while earlier he [[marriage|married]] his [[matushka]], Alexandra Semenovna Tsibrouk.

Throughout the years, Fr. Mitrophan served in the following parishes:

*Dormition Parish in the village of Omelenets, Byelorussia (1936-38)
*Saint Nicholas Brotherhood Church in Brest-Litovsk (1938-44)
*wartime travels in Germany and Austria, and Camp Moenchehof (1944-48)
*Dormition Church in Casablanca (1948-59)
*Saint Seraphim of Sarov Church in Sea Cliff, New York, U.S.A. (1959-2002)

In 1989, Mitrophan's matushka, Alexandra Semenovna, passed away. Mitrophan was called to become a bishop in 1990, but refused a few times before finally agreeing. He was [[consecration|consecrated]] as bishop in Montreal on [[November 24]], 1992. He became the [[auxiliary bishop|vicar]] of the Eastern American Diocese of [[ROCOR]] with the title of Bishop of Boston.

On the morning of [[February 15]], 2002, on the feast of the [[Meeting of the Lord]] (O.S.), Bishop Mitrophan reposed following a short illness. 


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before=[[Constantine (Essensky) of Richmond|Constantine (Essensky)]]|
title=Bishop of [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Boston]]<br>([[ROCOR]])|
years=1992-2002|
after=[[Michael (Donskoff) of Geneva|Michael (Donskoff)]]}}
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