Dorotej Filip
Dorotej (Dorotheus) (born October 20, 1913 in Ňaňkovo , Khust district ; † December 30, 1999 in Prague ), whose real name was Dimitrij Georgievič Filip , was an Orthodox theologian , priest , bishop and metropolitan of the Czech lands and Slovakia .
Life
Filip, a native of the Carpathian Ukraine , studied Orthodox theology and liturgy at a Russian Orthodox seminary in Leningrad after obtaining his university entrance qualification . He made the perpetual vow , took the religious name Dorotheus (after Saint Dorotheus of Tire ) and became a Hierodeacon. He was then ordained a priest in 1940 and a bishop in 1955 . From 1963 he held the office of archbishop and from 1964 to 1999 the office of metropolitan of the Czech lands and Slovakia .
Dorotej sought ecumenical fellowship with the churches that are united in the World Council of Churches . He had been a member of the Christian Peace Conference for two decades since 1960 and was elected to its working bodies.
After Dorotej died at the end of 1999, Nikolaj succeeded him in the Metropolitan Office in 2000.
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.pcopresov.sk , short biography (Slovak), accessed on March 30, 2010
- ↑ International Secretariat of the Christian Peace Conference (ed.): God's call to solidarity. Christians for Peace, Justice and Liberation. Documents of the V All-Christian Peace Assembly, Prague, June 22-27, 1978, Prague 1978
- ↑ http://www.pro-oriente.at/?site=ko20041123201339
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Filip, Dorotej |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dorotej; Filip, Dimitrij (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech bishop, metropolitan of Prague, the Czech lands and Slovakia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ňaňkovo |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1999 |
| Place of death | Prague |