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Also Known As Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyaev
Born November 20, 1946 (age 78) • St. Petersburg • Russia
Title / Office patriarch (2009-)

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Russian patriarch
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Russian-Ukrainian theologian and writer
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Russian philosopher
Saint Tikhon
Russian Orthodox patriarch
Sergey Nikolayevich Bulgakov
Russian economist and theologian
Sergius
Russian theologian and patriarch
Antony Khrapovitsky
Russian archbishop
Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk
Russian Orthodox abbot and theologian
Macarius
Russian Orthodox metropolitan
Saint Job
Russian Orthodox patriarch
Saint Sergius of Radonezh
Russian saint
Alexis I
Alexis I
patriarch of Moscow
Innocent Veniaminov, Saint
Saint Innocent Veniaminov
Russian Orthodox priest
Saint Stephen of Perm
Russian Orthodox missionary
Philaret
Philaret
Russian Orthodox theologian
Philaret
patriarch of Moscow
Seraphim of Sarov, Saint
Saint Seraphim of Sarov
Russian monk
St. Alexis
St. Alexis
metropolitan of Moscow
Nikolay Kasatkin, Saint
Saint Nikolay Kasatkin
Russian Orthodox bishop