Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
15th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia.
Patriarch Alexy II (or Alexius II, Russian: Патриарх Алексий II; secular name Aleksei Mikhailovich Ridiger[1] Russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Ри́дигер; 23 February 1929 – 5 December 2008) was the 15th Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' | |
Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
See | Moscow |
Installed | 10 June 1990 |
Term ended | 5 December 2008 |
Predecessor | Pimen I |
Successor | Kirill |
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Ordination | 17 April 1950 |
Consecration | 3 September 1961 by Nikodim of Leningrad |
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Born | Aleksei Rüdiger 23 February 1929 |
Died | 5 December 2008(2008-12-05) (aged 79) Peredelkino, Moscow, Russia |
Buried | Epiphany Cathedral at Elokhovo |
Nationality | Russian |
Denomination | Russian Orthodox |
Spouse | Vera Alekseeva (1950–1951) |
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Elected Patriarch of Moscow in 1990, eighteen months before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he became the first Russian Patriarch of the post-Soviet period.