Metropolitan | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia | |
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
| See | Moscow |
| Installed | March 1564 |
| Term ended | May 1566 |
| Predecessor | Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow |
| Successor | Herman of Kazan and Svyazhsk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | early 16th century |
| Died | 1570s |
Athanasius (Russian: Афанасий; real name – Андрей, or Andrei) (early 16th century – 1570s) was the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' from March 1564[1] to May 1566.[2] He was the eleventh metropolitan in Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as had been the norm.