Patriarch Joseph of Moscow

Joseph
Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus'
Patriarch Joseph, a 19th-century hand-drawn lubok
ChurchRussian Orthodox Church
SeeMoscow
Installed27 March 1642
Term ended15 April 1652
PredecessorJoasaphus I
SuccessorNikon
Personal details
Born
Ignaty Dyakov

unknown
Died15 April 1652
BuriedDormition Cathedral, Moscow

Joseph (Russian: Иосиф; secular name Ignaty Dyakov, Russian: Игнатий Дьяков; died 15 April 1652[1]) was the sixth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, elected after an unusual one and a half year break.

  1. ^ Юхименко, Е. М. (2002). Выговская старообрядческая пустынь: духовная жизнь и литература (in Russian). Языки славянской культуры. p. 17. ISBN 978-5-94457-039-0. Retrieved 1 June 2024.