Philaret Vakhromeyev

Philaret
Exarch of the Belarusian Orthodox Church
ChurchRussian Orthodox Church
See
  • Belarus
  • Minsk
Installed6 September 2020
PredecessorAnthony (Melnikov)
SuccessorPaul Ponomaryov
Personal details
Born
Kirill Varfolemeyevich Vakhromeyev

(1935-03-21) 21 March 1935
Died12 January 2021(2021-01-12) (aged 85)
Minsk, Belarus

Metropolitan Philaret (Russian: Филарет; Belarusian: Філарэт; 21 March 1935 – 12 January 2021), born Kirill Varfolomeyevich Vakhromeyev (Russian: Кирилл Варфоломеевич Вахромеев) was the emeritus Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus and the leader of the Belarusian Orthodox Church that is an autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church. He resigned on 25 December 2013, and was succeeded by Paul (Ponomaryov).