Filaret (Philaret) is a male given name of Greek origin, commonly used as a monastic name in the Orthodox Church, literally meaning, "lover of virtue"). It may refer to:

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* Patriarch Filaret (Feodor Romanov) (1553–1633), patriarch of Moscow from 1612 to 1633, father of Tsar Michael I of Russia *

Filaret, Metropolitan of Moscow Metropolitan Philaret (secular name Vasily Mikhaylovich Drozdov, Василий Михайлович Дроздов; 26 December 1782 – 1 December 1867) was Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna and the most influential figure in the Russian ...

(1782–1867), or Vasily Drozdov, patriarch of Moscow from 1821 to 1867 *

Filaret Barbu Filaret Barbu (April 16, 1903 – May 31, 1984) was a Romanian operetta composer. Life Filaret Barbu was the son of Iosif Hazi Barbu, a pork butcher, and Ema Barbu (''née'' Dragoș). During his childhood he often heard traditional Romanian lă ...

(1903–1984), Romanian composer * Filaret Kolessa (1871–1947), Ukrainian ethnographer, folklorist, composer, musicologist and literary critic *

Filaret Scriban Filaret Scriban (; born Vasile Scriban ; 1811–March 23, 1873) was a Moldavian and Romanian theologian within the Romanian Orthodox Church. Born in Burdujeni, Botoșani County, then a village near Suceava, his father was a priest. Leaving f ...

(1811–1873), Romanian theologian *

Filaret (Denysenko) Patriarch Filaret (secular name ''Mykhailo Antonovych Denysenko'', born 23 January 1929) is a Ukrainian religious leader, currently serving as the primate and Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. The Orthodox Church o ...

, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchy since 1995 *

Filaret, Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk Metropolitan Philaret (russian: Митрополит Филарет, be, Мітрапаліт Філарэт, born Kirill Varfolomeyevich Vakhromeev, russian: Кирилл Варфоломеевич Вахромеев; 21 March 1935 in Moscow � ...

from 1978 to 2013

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Filaret Association The Filaret Association (also translated as ''filaret(e)s'', ''philaret(e)s''; pl, Zgromadzenie Filaretów, ''Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Pożytecznej Zabawy'', ''filareci''; from the Greek ''philáretos'', "lovers of virtue") was a secret student org ...

, a Lithuanian political organization founded in 1820 by Tomasz Zan *

Filaret Station Filaret (Philaret) is a male given name of Greek origin, commonly used as a monastic name in the Orthodox Church. It may refer to: People * Patriarch Filaret (Feodor Romanov) (1553-1633), patriarch of Moscow from 1612 to 1633, father of Tsar Michae ...

, the first railway station in Romania, now a bus station; see History of Bucharest * Filaret, name of a hill and plain in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

, where the Constitution of 15 June 1848 was acclaimed * Filaret, a village in Giurgiţa Commune, Dolj County, Romania

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