Alexy II | |
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| Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' | |
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| Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
| See | Moscow |
| Installed | 10 June 1990 |
| Term ended | 5 December 2008 |
| Predecessor | Pimen I |
| Successor | Kirill |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 17 April 1950 |
| Consecration | 3 September 1961 by Nikodim of Leningrad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aleksei Rüdiger 23 February 1929 |
| Died | 5 December 2008 (aged 79) Peredelkino, Moscow, Russia |
| Buried | Epiphany Cathedral at Elokhovo |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Denomination | Russian Orthodox |
| Spouse | Vera Alekseeva (1950–1951) |
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Patriarch Alexy II (or Alexius II, Russian: Патриарх Алексий II; secular name Aleksei Mikhailovich Ridiger[1] Russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Ри́дигер; 23 February 1929 – 5 December 2008) was the 15th Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Elected Patriarch of Moscow in 1990, eighteen months before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he became the first Russian Patriarch of the post-Soviet period.
- ^ "PATRIARCH ALEXY II OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA Biographical note". orthodox.ee. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.