15th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church
Not to be confused with Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia.
Alexy II
Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
Church
Russian Orthodox Church
See
Moscow
Installed
10 June 1990
Term ended
5 December 2008
Predecessor
Pimen I
Successor
Kirill I
Orders
Ordination
17 April 1950
Consecration
3 September 1961 by Nikodim of Leningrad
Personal details
Born
Aleksei Rüdiger
23 February 1929
Tallinn, Estonia
Died
5 December 2008(2008-12-05) (aged 79) Peredelkino, Moscow, Russia
Buried
Epiphany Cathedral at Elokhovo
Nationality
Russian
Denomination
Russian Orthodox
Spouse
Vera Alekseeva (1950–1951)
Signature
Coat of arms
Patriarch Alexy II (or Alexius II, Russian: Патриарх Алексий II; secular name Aleksei Mikhailovich Ridiger[1] Russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Ри́дигер; 23 February 1929 – 5 December 2008) 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 the post-Soviet period.
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