What is Philaret (Vakhromeyev)?
[[File:Mitrapalit Filaret 01.jpg|right|200px]] [[Metropolitan Bishop|Metropolitan]] '''Philaret''' ({{lang-ru|Митрополит Филарет}}, {{lang-be|Мітрапаліт Філарэт}}, born '''Kirill Varfolomeyevich Vakhromeev''', {{lang-ru|Кирилл Варфоломеевич Вахромеев}}; 21 March 1935 – 12 January 2021) was a Russian-born Belarusian Orthodox prelate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alexander Lukashenko sends greetings to new Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarch Exarch of All Belarus Pavel|date=28 December 2013}}</ref> He was Metropolitan of [[Diocese of Minsk (Belarusian Orthodox Church)|Minsk and Slutsk]] from 1978 to 2013 and Leader of the [[Belarusian Orthodox Church]] from 1978 to 1989. In 2006, for his work in the Russian Orthodox Church he was awarded the title [[Hero of Belarus]] by President [[Alexander Lukashenko]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.belawards.narod.ru/KHeroBlr.htm |title=Награждения - Государственные награды Республики Беларусь |access-date=2010-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514001815/http://www.belawards.narod.ru/KHeroBlr.htm |archive-date=2011-05-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Philaret died on 12 January 2021 in [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]] at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eng.belta.by/society/view/metropolitan-filaret-honorary-patriarchal-exarch-of-all-belarus-passes-away-136486-2021/ |title=Metropolitan Filaret, Honorary Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, passes away |access-date=2021-01-13 |archive-date=2021-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114042652/https://eng.belta.by/society/view/metropolitan-filaret-honorary-patriarchal-exarch-of-all-belarus-passes-away-136486-2021/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Eastern Orthodox bishops]] [[Category:People from Moscow]] {{bio-stub}}