Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow

Alexy I
Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus'
ChurchRussian Orthodox Church
SeeMoscow
Installed4 February 1945
Term ended17 April 1970
PredecessorSergius I
SuccessorPimen I
Orders
Ordination3 January 1904
Consecration11 May 1913
by Gregory IV of Antioch
Personal details
Born
Sergey Vladimirovich Simanskiy

(1877-11-08)November 8, 1877
DiedApril 17, 1970(1970-04-17) (aged 92)
Peredelkino, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
BuriedTrinity Lavra of St. Sergius
Nationality Russia
DenominationEastern Orthodoxy
Alma materImperial Moscow University (1899)
Moscow Theological Academy

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.