Vienijamin | |
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Exarch of the Belarusian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Minsk Metropolitan of Barysaŭ | |
Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
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Installed | 6 September 2020 |
Predecessor | Paul Ponomaryov |
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Born | Vital Ivanavič Tupieka 16 September 1968 Luninets, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus) |
Metropolitan Benjamin (Belarusian: Мітрапаліт Веніямі́н; Russian: Митрополит Вениамин, romanized: Mitropolit Veniamin; secular name Vital Ivanavič Tupieka (Belarusian: Віта́ль Іва́навіч Тупе́ка; Russian: Виталий Иванович Тупеко, romanized: Vitaly Ivanovich Tupeko; born 16 September 1968) is a Belarusian Orthodox bishop currently serving as Metropolitan of Minsk and as Patriarchal Exarch of the Belarusian Orthodox Church since 2020. He has also been Metropolitan of Barysaŭ since 2010. He is the first Belarusian to be head of the Belarusian Orthodox Church.