Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
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Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow was the 15th Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, known for leading the Church through the late Soviet period and the post-Soviet religious revival in Russia.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow canonical | 2 |
| Alexy II | 1 |
| Patriarch Alexy II | 1 |
| patriarchate of Alexy II of Moscow | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4181494 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow Context triple: [Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, predecessor, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow]
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A.
Patriarch Filaret of Moscow
Patriarch Filaret of Moscow was a powerful early 17th-century Russian church leader and statesman who effectively co-ruled the country during the reign of his son, Tsar Mikhail I, helping to restore stability after the Time of Troubles.
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B.
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow was a 17th-century Russian Orthodox leader whose liturgical reforms and conflicts with the tsar helped trigger the major schism that divided the Russian Church into official and Old Believer factions.
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C.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and a prominent religious and political figure in contemporary Russia.
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D.
Patriarch Porfirije
Patriarch Porfirije is the current head of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a prominent religious leader in Serbia and the wider Orthodox Christian world.
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E.
Simeon of Moscow
Simeon of Moscow, also known as Simeon the Proud, was a 14th-century Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir who strengthened Moscow’s dominance among the Russian principalities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow Target entity description: Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow was the 15th Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, known for leading the Church through the late Soviet period and the post-Soviet religious revival in Russia.
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A.
Patriarch Filaret of Moscow
Patriarch Filaret of Moscow was a powerful early 17th-century Russian church leader and statesman who effectively co-ruled the country during the reign of his son, Tsar Mikhail I, helping to restore stability after the Time of Troubles.
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B.
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow was a 17th-century Russian Orthodox leader whose liturgical reforms and conflicts with the tsar helped trigger the major schism that divided the Russian Church into official and Old Believer factions.
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C.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and a prominent religious and political figure in contemporary Russia.
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D.
Patriarch Porfirije
Patriarch Porfirije is the current head of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a prominent religious leader in Serbia and the wider Orthodox Christian world.
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E.
Simeon of Moscow
Simeon of Moscow, also known as Simeon the Proud, was a 14th-century Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir who strengthened Moscow’s dominance among the Russian principalities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious leader
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox patriarch ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Patriarch Alexei II
ONNED1
ⓘ
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow ⓘ
surface form:
Patriarch Alexy II
|
| awarded |
Order of Merit for the Fatherland
ⓘ
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise ⓘ Order of St. Andrew (Russia) ⓘ Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana ⓘ |
| birthName | Alexei Mikhailovich Ridiger ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cathedral of Christ the Saviour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| church | Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consecrationAsBishopDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-02-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2008-12-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Saint Petersburg Theological Academy
ⓘ
surface form:
Leningrad Theological Academy
Leningrad Theological Seminary ONNED1 ⓘ |
| endTimeInOffice | 2008 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Baltic German ⓘ |
| father | Mikhail Ridiger ONNED1 ⓘ |
| heldTitle |
Bishop of Tallinn
ⓘ
Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga (historically) ⓘ
surface form:
Metropolitan of Leningrad
Metropolitan of Novgorod ONNED1 ⓘ Metropolitan of Tallinn and Estonia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
efforts toward reconciliation with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
ⓘ
guiding the post-Soviet religious revival in Russia ⓘ leading the Russian Orthodox Church during the late Soviet period ⓘ promoting the rebuilding of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow ⓘ rebuilding church–state relations in post-Soviet Russia ⓘ restoration of church properties and monasteries in Russia ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Estonian
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| mother | Elena Ridiger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name |
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexy II
|
| ordinalNumberInOffice | 15 ⓘ |
| ordinationDate | 1950 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Estonia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tallinn ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Moscow Oblast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peredelkino NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
ⓘ
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church ONNED1 ⓘ |
| predecessor | Pimen I of Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| startTimeInOffice | 1990 ⓘ |
| successor | Patriarch Kirill of Moscow ONNED1 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow Description of subject: Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow was the 15th Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, known for leading the Church through the late Soviet period and the post-Soviet religious revival in Russia.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
patriarchate of Alexy II of Moscow
this entity surface form:
Alexy II
this entity surface form:
Patriarch Alexy II