Background
Born in Burdujeni, near Suceava, in Austrian-ruled Bukovina, his father was a priest.
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Filaret Scriban
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Education
Leaving for neighboring Moldavia, he studied at the Vasilian College and at Academia Mihăileană between 1830 and 1837.
Career
He was sent to study at Kiev Theological Academy, where he remained from 1839 to 1842 and obtained a master"s degree in theology. He entered Kiev Pechersk Lavra, taking the name Filaret, and was ordained a hieromonk in 1842. From that time until 1860, he taught at the Socola Monastery, eventually becoming rector, as well as abbot of the monastery.
When the University of Iași opened in 1860, he taught at the new theology faculty from that time until 1863.
He served as the university"s rector from 1861 to 1862. Following his retirement from teaching, he lived at Socola Monastery.
He authored a number of textbooks, both for secular and theological education, as well as poems and speeches.
Achievements
Membership
In the 1850s, he actively promoted the Union of the Principalities, and was a member of the ad hoc Divan in 1857. He was the ktitor of several churches in Burdujeni, and was a member of the Romanian Senate from 1867 to 1869.
