Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
Former Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
Patriarch Alexy II 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... Wikipedia
Born: February 23, 1929, Tallinn, Estonia
Died: December 5, 2008 (age 79 years), Peredelkino, Russia
Spouse: Vera Alekseeva (m. 1950–1951)
Buried: December 9, 2008, Yelokhovo Cathedral
Parents: Mikhail Ridiger and Yelena Iosifovna Pisareva
Church: Russian Orthodox Church
Ordination: 17 April 1950
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