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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
21st-century primate of the Russian Orthodox Church / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kirill or Cyril (Russian: Кирилл, secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, Russian: Владимир Михайлович Гундяев; born 20 November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop. He became Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church on 1 February 2009.
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Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' | |
![]() Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' | |
Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
See | Moscow |
Installed | 1 February 2009 |
Term ended | Incumbent |
Predecessor | Alexy II |
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Ordination | 7 April 1969 |
Consecration | 14 March 1976 by Nikodim (Rotov) |
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Birth name | Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev |
Born | (1946-11-20) 20 November 1946 (age 77) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) |
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Before becoming Patriarch, Kirill was Archbishop (later Metropolitan) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad from 26 December 1984. He was also Chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church's Department for External Church Relations and a permanent member of the Holy Synod beginning in 1989.