Editing Filaret Denysenko (section)

==Early years==
Mykhailo Denysenko was born on 23 January 1929,<ref name=":7" /> into a worker's family in the village of [[Blahodatne, Amvrosiivka urban hromada, Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast|Blahodatne]] in the [[Amvrosiivsky Raion]] ([[raion|district]]), now in the [[Donetsk Oblast]] ([[Oblast|province]]) in [[Eastern Ukraine]]. His parents were Anton and Melania Denysenko.<ref name="finallyaref">{{cite web|url=https://ukrainianweek.com/Society/64554|title=Filaret: A Statehood-oriented Patriarch|last=Losiev|first=Ihor|date=8 November 2012|website=[[The Ukrainian Week]]|access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref> He obtained his [[theological]] education at the [[Odesa]] Seminary (Moscow Patriarchate) and the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary|Moscow Theological Academy]] where he became a close associate of [[Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow|Patriarch Alexius I]] of Moscow. He took [[monastic vows]] in 1950 assuming the monastic name ''Filaret'' and was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] [[hierodeacon]] in January 1950 and [[priest]] in June 1951.<ref name=finallyaref/> After his graduation he stayed at the Moscow Theological Academy as a professor (from 1952) and Senior Assistant to the Academy inspector.<ref name=finallyaref/> In 1956 he was appointed Inspector of the Theological Seminary in [[Saratov]] and elevated to the rank of [[hegumen]]. In 1957 he was appointed Inspector of the [[Kyiv]] Theological Seminary.<ref name=finallyaref/> In July 1958 he was further elevated to the rank of [[Archimandrite]] and appointed seminary [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]].<ref name=finallyaref/>