Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
Kirill or Cyril (Russian: Кирилл, 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.
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| Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' | |
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| Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
| See | Moscow |
| Enthroned | 1 February 2009 |
| Reign ended | Incumbent |
| Predecessor | Alexy II |
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| Ordination | 7 April 1969 |
| Consecration | 14 March 1976 by Nikodim (Rotov) |
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| Birth name | Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev |
| Born | 20 November 1946 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) |
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Before becoming Patriarch, Kirill was Archbishop (later Metropolitan) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad from 26 December 1984. He was also Chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church's Department for External Church Relations and a permanent member of the Holy Synod beginning in 1989.
Patriarch Kirill Of Moscow Media
Archbishop Kirill at a conference on nuclear weapons and disarmament in Amsterdam in 1981
Vladimir Putin, Metropolitan Kirill and Xenia Sheremeteva-Yusupova, October 2001
Kirill being presented with the patriarchal koukoulion during his enthronement
Russian religious leaders (Armenian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Orthodox, Old Believer) during the official celebrations of the National Unity Day, 4 November 2012
Kirill and Bartholomew I of Constantinople in 2010
Kirill and archbishop Józef Michalik signing a joint declaration to the Polish and Russian people at the Royal Castle in Warsaw (2012)
Kirill is greeted by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff as he arrives at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, 19 February 2016
Kirill and Russian President Vladimir Putin on 1 May 2016
Kirill with Vladimir Putin on 26 November 2022
Kirill talking to Putin at the Annunciation Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin after Putin's fifth inauguration on 7 May 2024
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- Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad
- Patriarch Kirill in the social network VKontakte (official profile)