Editing Filaret Denysenko (section)

== Suspension and anathemization ==
Shortly thereafter, the Russian Orthodox Church, unable to prevent the creation of what it viewed as a "[[schism (religion)|schism]]atic church" in independent Ukraine, helped to organize a rival [[synod]] which was held in [[Kharkiv]] in May 1992. These bishops elected a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, [[Metropolitan Volodymyr (Viktor Sabodan)|Bishop Volodymyr (Sabodan)]], Metropolitan of Kyiv, and received recognition from Moscow as the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)]].<ref name=":1" />

Filaret was suspended on 27 May 1992 by the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://spzh.news/en/istorija-i-kulytrua/42446-to-the-anniversary-of-kharkov-council-or-a-few-words-about-how-m-a-denisenko-was-expelled-from-churc|title=To the anniversary of Kharkov Council, or a few words about how M.A. Denisenko was "expelled" from Church|date=25 May 2017|website=spzh.news|language=en|access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://orthochristian.com/116586.html|title=Official History of the Defrocking and Anathematization of Philaret Denisenko. Documents of the June 1992, 1994, and 1997 Bishops' Councils of the Russian Orthodox Church|date=17 October 2018|work=OrthoChristian.Com|access-date=2018-11-29}}</ref>  The bishops loyal to Metropolitan Filaret and a similar group from the [[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] (another recently revived church in Ukraine) organized a unifying sobor which was held on 25 June 1992. The delegates agreed to form a combined church named the ''[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate]]'' (UOC-KP) under the patriarch they elected, [[Patriarch Mstyslav (Stepan Skrypnyk)|Patriarch Mstyslav]].<ref name=finallyaref/><ref name="221781autocephaly">[http://ukrainianweek.com/Politics/221781 After autocephaly], [[The Ukrainian Week]] (26 October 2018) {{in lang|uk}} [https://gazeta.ua/articles/life/_vselenskij-patriarhat-oprilyudniv-dokumenti-na-pidtrimku-ukrayinskoyi-avtokefaliyi/859088 The Ecumenical Patriarchate unveiled documents in support of Ukrainian autocephaly], [[Gazeta.ua]] (14 September 2018)</ref>

Filaret was [[Defrocking|defrocked]] by the Russian Orthodox Church on 11 July 1992.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/06/13/ukraines-top-cleric-defrocked/18c1fa4d-0ace-4adf-8e96-cff335e97d36/|title=UKRAINE'S TOP CLERIC DEFROCKED|last=Shapiro|first=Margaret|date=13 June 1992|website=washingtonpost.com|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref> The UOC-KP was not recognized by other Orthodox churches and was considered schismatic.

Filaret was then [[Anathema#Eastern Orthodoxy|anathemized]] by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mospat.ru/en/2018/10/15/news165263/|title=Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the encroachment of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the canonical territory of the Russian Church|author=The Russian Orthodox Church|website=mospat.ru|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-31|quote="By the decision of the Bishops' Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which took place on May 27, 1992, in Kharkov, Metropolitan Philaret (Denisenko), for his failure to fulfil the promises he gave on oath at the cross and the Gospel during the previous Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, was removed from the see of Kyiv and suspended.<br />The Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, by its Resolution of June 11, 1992, confirmed the decision of the Council of Kharkov and deposed Philaret Denisenko depriving him of all ranks of ministry according to the following accusations: 'Cruel and arrogant attitude to the clergy under his jurisdiction, diktat and blackmail (Tit. 1: 7-8; Apostolic Canon 27; bringing temptation to the community of the faithful by his behaviour and private life (Mt. 18:7; the First Ecumenical Council Canon 3, the Sixth Ecumenical Council Canon 5); perjury (Apostolic Canon 25); public slander and blasphemy against a Bishops' Council (Second Ecumenical Council Canon 6); exercising divine offices including ordinations in the state of suspension (Apostolic Canon 28); causing a schism in the Church (Double Council Canon 15). All the ordinations administered by Philaret in the state of suspension since May 27, 1992, and the suspensions imposed by him were recognized as invalid.<br />In spite of repeated calls to repentance, Philaret Denisenko after his deposition continued his schismatic activity, also within other Local Churches. By the decision of the 1997 Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was anathematized."}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> ROC officials stated that the anathematization of Filaret was "recognized by all the Local Orthodox Churches including the Church of Constantinople"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mospat.ru/en/2018/10/15/news165263/|title=Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the encroachment of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the canonical territory of the Russian Church {{!}} The Russian Orthodox Church|website=mospat.ru|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-31|quote="In spite of repeated calls to repentance, Philaret Denisenko after his deposition continued his schismatic activity, also within other Local Churches. By the decision of the 1997 Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was anathematized. These decisions were recognized by all the Local Orthodox Churches including the Church of Constantinople."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mospat.ru/en/2018/10/22/news165617/|title=Metropolitan Hilarion: Filaret Denisenko was and remains a schismatic {{!}} The Russian Orthodox Church|website=mospat.ru|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-30|quote=For us Filaret was and remains a schismatic. [...] [T]he decision of his excommunication in 1997 was correct in every respect. It was recognized by all Local Churches without any exception, the Patriarchate of Constantinople including.}}</ref><ref name=":29">{{Cite web|url=http://ukrainianweek.com/History/64556|title=Freeing Ukraine from Spiritual Dependence|last=Podobied|first=Pavlo|date=8 November 2012|website=ukrainianweek.com|type=History of the churches in Ukraine|access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref><ref name="221781autocephaly" /> The synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate did indeed recognize, in a July 1992 letter to [[Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow|Patriarch Alexy II]], the defrocking of Filaret by the ROC,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.romfea.gr/oikoumeniko-patriarxeio/24406-apokleistiko-otan-o-oikoumenikos-patriarxis-anagnorize-tin-kathairesi-tou-filaretou|script-title=el:ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΣΤΙΚΟ: Όταν ο Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης αναγνώριζε την καθαίρεση του Φιλάρετου!|date=16 October 2018|website=ROMFEA|language=el-gr|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://orthochristian.com/116803.html|title=Patriarch Bartholomew's 1997 acceptance of anathematization of Philaret Denisenko|date=25 October 2018|website=OrthoChristian.Com|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref><ref name=":0" />  and the Ecumenical Patriarch recognized the anathemization of Filaret in a letter of April 1997 to Patriarch Alexy II.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://orthodoxie.com/en/april-7-1997-patriarch-bartholomews-letter-taking-note-of-filaret-denisenkos-anathematization/|title=April 7, 1997 Patriarch Bartholomew's letter taking note of Filaret Denisenko's anathematization|last=Cazabonne|first=Emma|date=2018-10-26|website=Orthodoxie.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.romfea.gr/oikoumeniko-patriarxeio/24616-otan-o-oikoumenikos-patriarxis-to-1997-apodexthike-to-anathema-tou-filaretou|script-title=el:Όταν ο Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης το 1997 αποδέχθηκε το ανάθεμα του Φιλαρέτου|date=26 October 2018|website=ROMFEA|language=el-gr|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref><ref name=":63">{{Cite web|url=http://orthochristian.com/116803.html|title=Patriarch Bartholomew's 1997 acceptance of anathematization of Philaret Denisenko|date=25 October 2018|website=OrthoChristian.Com|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref> Filaret was also accused by the ROC of having a wife and three children, but it was "never proved".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Orthodoxie/Philarete-Kiev-tient-revanche-contre-Moscou-2018-10-11-1200975340|title=Philarète de Kiev tient sa revanche contre Moscou|last=La-Croix.com|date=2018-10-11|website=La Croix|language=fr|access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref>