Patriarch Kirill of Moscow - Wikipedia
Kirill or Cyril (Russian: Кирилл, Church Slavonic: Ст҃ѣ́йшїй патрїа́рхъ Кѷрі́ллъ, secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, Russian: Владимир Михайлович Гундяев; born 20 November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop. He became Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church on 1 February 2009.
Russian Orthodox Church - Wikipedia
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russian: Русская православная церковь, romanized: Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', abbreviated as РПЦ), alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian: Московский патриархат, romanized: Moskovskiy patriarkhat), [12] is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church.
List of heads of the Russian Orthodox Church - Wikipedia
The first Primus was the Metropolitan Stephen Yavorsky, who had been the administrator of the Patriarchate of Moscow for over twenty years (1700-1721). After Paul I of Russia in 1797, the Emperor of Russia had the title of "Head of the Church".
Official website of the Russian Orthodox Church / Patriarchate.ru
2024年11月17日 · On November 27th, the commemoration day of the Holy Apostle Philip, the first and only Russian Orthodox church in the Arabian Peninsula, located in the city of Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, celebrated its patronal feast.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'
On January 27, 2009, by a Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. On February 1, 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill was enthroned. Education. Work under the guidance of Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov)
Kirill I | Biography & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月16日 · Kirill I, Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia from 2009. He was appointed representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1971 and later served as rector of Leningrad Theological Academy and as archbishop of Smolensk and Kaliningrad. Learn more about Kirill I’s life and career.
PATRIARCH OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
On January 27, 2009, the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, by secret ballot, elected Metropolitan Kirill as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
Russia, Ukraine, and the Coming Schism in Orthodox Christianity
2024年4月10日 · In late August of 2018, Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, flew from Moscow to Istanbul on an urgent mission.
Patriarch Kirill: The politically influential head of the Russian ...
2023年1月9日 · Born Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, Kirill was enthroned as the 16th patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2009. He has attracted international scrutiny with his open declarations...
Russian Orthodox Church | History & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月5日 · Russian Orthodox Church, one of the largest autocephalous, or ecclesiastically independent, Eastern Orthodox churches in the world. The church severed ties with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the honorary primacy of Eastern Orthodoxy, in 2018.