Pimen | |
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Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus' | |
![]() Patriarch Pimen at the Helsinki railway station, 1973 | |
Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
See | Moscow |
Installed | 3 June 1971 |
Term ended | 3 May 1990 |
Predecessor | Alexy I |
Successor | Alexy II |
Orders | |
Ordination | 25 January 1932 |
Consecration | 17 November 1957 by Alexy I of Moscow |
Personal details | |
Born | Sergey Mikhailovich Izvekov July 23, 1910 |
Died | May 3, 1990 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 79)
Buried | Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius |
Nationality | Russian |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Signature | ![]() |
Patriarch Pimen (Russian: Патриарх Пи́мен, born Sergey Mikhailovich Izvekov, Серге́й Миха́йлович Изве́ков; July 23 [O.S. July 10] 1910 – May 3, 1990), was the 14th Patriarch of Moscow and the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1970 to 1990.