Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

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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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instanceOf Christian theologian
Eastern Orthodox patriarch
Russian Orthodox bishop
human
religious leader
alsoKnownAs Kirill I of Moscow NERFINISHED
Patriarch Kirill I
appointedBy Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
birthName Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Russia
Soviet Union
dateOfBirth 1946-11-20
dateOfConsecration 1976
dateOfOrdination 1969
educatedAt Leningrad Theological Academy
Leningrad Theological Seminary
elected 2009-01-27
endTime 2009
father Mikhail Vasilyevich Gundyayev NERFINISHED
hasAcademicDegree Doctor of Theology
hasHonorificTitle His Holiness
Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
headOf Russian Orthodox Church
knownFor leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church
support for the policies of Vladimir Putin
languageSpoken Church Slavonic
Russian
memberOf Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
notableWork numerous sermons and theological writings
participantIn 2016 Pan-Orthodox Council preparations
2016 meeting with Pope Francis in Havana
placeOfBirth Leningrad
Russian SFSR NERFINISHED
Soviet Union
politicalAlignment pro-Kremlin
positionHeld Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad
Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church
predecessor Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousOrder Russian Orthodox Church
religiousTradition Russian Orthodoxy
residence Danilov Monastery
Moscow
sexOrGender male
signature signature of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
startTime 1989
2009-02-01

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