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Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow
13th Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patriarch Alexy I (Alexius I, Russian: Патриарх Алексий I, secular name Sergey Vladimirovich Simansky, Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Сима́нский; November 8 [O.S. October 27] 1877 – 17 April 1970) was the 13th Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) between 1945 and 1970.
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Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus' | |
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Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
See | Moscow |
Installed | 4 February 1945 |
Term ended | 17 April 1970 |
Predecessor | Sergius I |
Successor | Pimen I |
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Ordination | 3 January 1904 |
Consecration | 11 May 1913 by Gregory IV of Antioch |
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Born | Sergey Vladimirovich Simanskiy (1877-11-08)November 8, 1877 |
Died | April 17, 1970(1970-04-17) (aged 92) Peredelkino, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
Buried | Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius |
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Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University (1899) Moscow Theological Academy |
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