Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow

Pimen
Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus'
Patriarch Pimen at the Helsinki railway station, 1973
ChurchRussian Orthodox Church
SeeMoscow
Installed3 June 1971
Term ended3 May 1990
PredecessorAlexy I
SuccessorAlexy II
Orders
Ordination25 January 1932
Consecration17 November 1957
by Alexy I of Moscow
Personal details
Born
Sergey Mikhailovich Izvekov

(1910-07-23)July 23, 1910
DiedMay 3, 1990(1990-05-03) (aged 79)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
BuriedTrinity Lavra of St. Sergius
NationalityRussian
DenominationEastern Orthodox Church
SignaturePimen's signature

Patriarch Pimen (Russian: Патриарх Пи́мен, born Sergey Mikhailovich Izvekov, Серге́й Миха́йлович Изве́ков; July 23 [O.S. July 10] 1910 – May 3, 1990), was the 14th Patriarch of Moscow and the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1970 to 1990.


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