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Alexy I | |
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Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus' | |
Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
See | Moscow |
Installed | 4 February 1945 |
Term ended | 17 April 1970 |
Predecessor | Sergius I |
Successor | Pimen I |
Orders | |
Ordination | 3 January 1904 |
Consecration | 11 May 1913 by Gregory IV of Antioch |
Personal details | |
Born | Sergey Vladimirovich Simanskiy November 8, 1877 |
Died | April 17, 1970 Peredelkino, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 92)
Buried | Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius |
Nationality | Russia |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Alma mater | Imperial 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.