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Revision as of 22:06, 29 May 2020

Pavel
Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus
Metropolitan Paul
ChurchBelarusian Orthodox Church
SeeMoscow
Installed25 December 2013
Term endedIncumbent
PredecessorMetropolitan Philaret
Personal details
Born
Georgiy Vasilevich Ponomaryov

(1951-02-19) 19 February 1951 (age 73)

Metropolitan Paul (Russian: Митрополит Павел, Belarusian: Мітрапаліт Павел, secular name Georgiy Vasilevich Ponomaryov, Russian: Георгий Васильевич Пономарёв; born 19 February 1951 in Karaganda) is the Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus and the leader of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (an autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church).

Biography

Metropolitan Paul was born on 19 February 1952 in Karaganda.

In 1973-1976, he attended the Moscow Theological Seminary. In 1980 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy with a degree in theology.[1]

On 19 February 1992 by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church he was appointed Bishop of Zaraisk and was put in charge of the patriarchal parishes in the United States and in Canada.[1]

29 December 1999 he was appointed Bishop of Vienna and Austria.[1]

23 February 2001 he was elevated to the rank of Archbishop.

7 May 2003 he was appointed Archbishop of Ryazan and Kasimov.

He became Exarch in December 2013 after the former Exarch, Philaret (Vakhromeyev), stepped down.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Metropolitan Pavel of Ryazan and Mikhailov appointed head of Belarusian Orthodox Church, Belarusian Telegraph Agency, December 25, 2013, archived from the original on January 16, 2014.