Current Hierarchs of the Patriarchate of Moscow
(in order of seniority)
His Holiness Kirill
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'
- Hierarchical Sees
- Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' (2009-)
- Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad (1991-2009)
- Archbishop of Smolensk and Kaliningrad (1988-1991)
- Archbishop of Smolensk and Vyazemsk (1984-1988)
- Archbishop of Vyborg (1977-1984)
- Bishop of Vyborg (1976-1977)
- Date of Election as Patriarch: January 27, 2009
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 25, 1991
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: September 2, 1977
- Date of Consecration: March 14, 1976
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: September 12, 1971
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: June 1, 1969
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: April 7, 1969
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 3, 1969
- Name Day: May 24
- Date of Birth: November 20, 1946
- Full Name: Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyaev
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
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- Articles
- An Interview with Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad
His Eminence Vladimir
Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga (1995-)
- Metropolitan of Rostov and Novocherkassk (1993-1995)
- Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhovsk (1992-1993)
- Archbishop of Pskov and Porkhovsk (1987-1992)
- Archbishop of Krasnodar and Kuban (1980-1987)
- Archbishop of Vladimir and Suzdal (1975-1980)
- Archbishop of Irkutsk and Chitinsk (1973-1975)
- Archbishop of Rostov and Novocherkassk (1970-1973)
- Archbishop of Berlin and Central Europe (1967-1970)
- Bishop of Berlin and Central Europea (1967)
- Bishop of Kirov and Sloboda (1966-1967)
- Bishop of Podol'e (1965-1966)
- Bishop of Voronezh and Lipetsk (1964-1965)
- Bishop of Zvenigorod, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1962-1964)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 25, 1992
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: October 20, 1967
- Date of Consecration: December 30, 1962
- Date of Election: 1962
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1962
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: February 1962
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: May 24, 1953
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: May 22, 1953
- Name Day: October 17
- Date of Birth: May 27, 1929
- Full Name: Vladimir Savvich Kotlyarov
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Filaret
Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk,
Exarch of Belarus
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Minsk and Belarus (1978-)
- Metropolitan of Berlin and Central Europe (1975-1978)
- Archbishop of Berlin and Central Europe (1973-1975)
- Archbishop of Dmitrov (1970-1973)
- Bishop of Dmitrov, Vicar of the Dicoese of Moscow (1966-1970)
- Bishop of Tikhvinsk, Vicar of the Diocese of Leningrad (1965-1966)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: April 15, 1975
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: September 9, 1970
- Date of Consecration: October 24, 1965
- Date of Election: 1965
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: October 8, 1963
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: August 4, 1963
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: December 14, 1961
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: April 26, 1959
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 3, 1959
- Name Day: December 14
- Date of Birth: March 21, 1935
- Full Name: Kirill Varfolomeyevich Vakhromeyev
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Yuvenalii
Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomena
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomena (1977-)
- Metropolitan of Tula and Belev (1972-1977)
- Archbishop of Tula and Belev (1971-1972)
- Bishop of Tula and Belev (1969-1971)
- Bishop of Zaraisk, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1965-1969)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: April 27, 1972
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: June 18, 1971
- Date of Consecration: December 26, 1965
- Date of Election: November 25, 1965
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: February 21, 1963
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: July 7, 1962
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: January 1, 1960
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: November 4, 1959
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: October 10, 1959
- Name Day: July 15
- Date of Birth: September 22, 1935
- Full Name: Vladimir Kirillovich Poyarkov
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Beatitude Vladimir
Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine (1992-)
- Metropolitan of Rostov and Novocherkassk (1982-1992)
- Archbishop of Dmitrov, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1973-1982)
- Bishop of Dmitrov, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1973)
- Bishop of Zvenigorod, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1966-1973)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: July 16, 1982
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: September 9, 1973
- Date of Consecration: July 9, 1966
- Date of Election: 1966
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1965
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: August 26, 1962
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: June 15, 1962
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: June 14, 1962
- Date of Birth: November 23, 1935
- Full Name: Viktor Markianovich Sabodan
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Kliment
Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsk
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsk (2004-)
- Archbishop of Kaluga and Borovsk (1990-2004)
- Archbishop of Serpukhov, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1989-1990)
- Bishop of Serpukhov, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1982-1989)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 25, 2004
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: May 19, 1989
- Date of Consecration: August 8, 1982
- Date of Election: 1982
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: July 18, 1982
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: October 14, 1981
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: April 7, 1979
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: December 24, 1978
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 7, 1978
- Name Day: December 8
- Date of Birth: August 7, 1949
- Full Name: German Mikhailovich Kapalin
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Vladimir
Metropolitan of Kishinev and All Moldova
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: December 21, 1992
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: April 4, 1990
- Date of Consecration: July 21, 1989
- Date of Election: 1989
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1988
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: November 29, 1987
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: May 22, 1976
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: May 22, 1974
- Name Day: July 28
- Date of Birth: August 18, 1952
- Full Name: Nikolai Vasil'evich Kantaryan
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Nikodim
Metropolitan of Kharkov and Bogodukhov
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Kharkov and Bogodukhov (1989-)
- Metropolitan of Lvov and Drogobychsk (1988-1989)
- Metropolitan of Lvov and Ternopol' (1985-1988)
- Archbishop of Lvov and Ternopol' (1983-1985)
- Archbishop of Kharkov and Bogodukhov (1970-1983)
- Archbishop of Argentina and South America (1968-1970)
- Bishop of Argentina and South America (1964-1968)
- Bishop of Kostroma and Galicia (1961-1964)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: April 9, 1985
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1968
- Date of Consecration: August 10, 1961
- Date of Election: 1961
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: November 15, 1958
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: February 23, 1946
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: April 29, 1945
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 6, 1945
- Name Day: Feast Day of the Myrrhbearing Women
- Date of Birth: April 18, 1921
- Full Name: Nikolai Stepanovich Rusnak
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Feodosii
Metropolitan of Omsk and Tarsk
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Omsk and Tarsk (1997-)
- Archbishop of Omsk and Tarsk (1990-1997)
- Archbishop of Omsk and Tyumen (1986-1990)
- Archbishop of Berlin and Central Europe (1984-1986)
- Archbishop of Smolensk and Vyazemsk (1978-1984)
- Bishop of Smolensk and Vyazemsk (1972-1978)
- Bishop of Chernovitsy and Bukovina (1967-1972)
- Bishop of Poltava and Kremenchug (1964-1967)
- Bishop of Chernigov and Nezhinsk (1962-1964)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 23, 1997
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: September 9, 1978
- Date of Consecration: December 2, 1962
- Date of Election: 1962
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: November 28, 1962
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: November 27, 1962
- Date of Elevation to Protopriest: 1956
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: April 1, 1945
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: March 24, 1945
- Name Day: September 22
- Date of Birth: January 7, 1927
- Full Name: Igor' Ivanovich Protsyuk
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence German
Metropolitan of Volgograd and Kamyshin
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Volgograd and Kamyshin (2000-)
- Archbishop of Volgograd and Kamyshin (1991-2000)
- Archbishop of Berlin and Leipzig (1990-1991)
- Archbishop of Berlin and Central Europe (1986-1990)
- Archbishop of Tula and Belevsk (1983-1986)
- Bishop of Tula and Belevsk (1978-1983)
- Bishop of Vilnius and Lithuania (1974-1978)
- Bishop of Vienna and Austria (1970-1974)
- Bishop of Tikhvinsk, Vicar of the Diocese of Leningrad (1968-1970)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 25, 2000
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: September 9, 1983
- Date of Consecration: December 6, 1968
- Date of Election: 1968
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: September 12, 1967
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: May 26, 1966
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: December 26, 1965
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 19, 1965
- Name Day: July 11
- Date of Birth: November 11, 1937
- Full Name: Gennadii Evgen'evich Timofeyev
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Platon
Metropolitan of Argentina and South America
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Argentina and South America (2004-)
- Archbishop of Argentina and South America (1993-2004)
- Archbishop of Yaroslav and Rostov (1984-1993)
- Archbishop of Sverdlovsk and Kurgan (1980-1984)
- Archbishop of Argentina and South America (1977-1980)
- Bishop of Argentina and South America (1973-1977)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 29, 2004
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1977
- Date of Consecration: December 16, 1973
- Date of Election: 1973
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: November 3, 1972
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: September 12, 1971
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: April 17, 1971
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 14, 1971
- Name Day: April 18
- Date of Birth: November 17, 1940
- Full Name: Vladimir Petrovich Udovenko
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Iov
Metropolitan of Chelyabinsk and Zlatoustov
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Chelyabinsk and Zlatoustov (?-)
- Archbishop of Zhitomir and Ovruchsk (1989-2000)
- Archbishop of Kostroma and Galicia (1988-1989)
- Bishop of Zaraisk, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1975-1988)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 25, 2000
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: November 30, 1988
- Date of Consecration: January 3, 1975
- Date of Elevatin to Archimandrite: December 26, 1974
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1974
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: June 1, 1969
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: July 18, 1968
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: June 20, 1968
- Name Day: September 10
- Date of Birth: November 6, 1938
- Full Name: Dmitrii Yakovlevich Tyvonyuk
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Irinei
Metropolitan of Dnepropetrovsk and Pavlograd
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Dnepropetrovsk and Pavlograd (2002-)
- Archbishop of Dnepropetrovsk and Pavlograd (1996-2002)
- Archbishop of Dnepropetrovsk and Krivorozhsk (1993-1996)
- Archbishop of Rovena and Ostroga (1990-1993)
- Archbishop of Lvov and Drogobychsk (1989-1990)
- Archbishop of Kharkov and Bogodukhov (1984-1989)
- Archbishop of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan (1982-1984)
- Bishop of Serpukhov, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1976-1982)
- Bishop of Ufa and Sterlitamaksk (1975-1976)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: June 19, 2002
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: July 16, 1982
- Date of Consecration: July 25, 1975
- Date of Election: 1975
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: March 1971
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: September 1, 1970
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: May 22, 1968
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: May 21, 1968
- Name Day: September 5
- Date of Birth: May 10, 1939
- Full Name: Ivan Petrovich Serednii
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Agafangel
Metropolitan of Odessa and Izmail'sk
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Odessa and Izmail'sk (1992-)
- Metropolitan of Vinnitsk and Bratslav (1992-1992)
- Retired (1991-1992)
- Metropolitan of Ivano-Frankovsk and Kolomysk (1991-1991)
- Metropolitan of Vinnitsk and Bratslav (1989-1991)
- Archbishop of Vinnitsk and Bratslav 1981-1989
- Bishop of Vinnitsk and Bratslav (1975-1981)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: March 10, 1989
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: September 7, 1981
- Date of Consecration: November 16, 1975
- Date of Election: November 11, 1975
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: June 1, 1967
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: April 7, 1967
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: April 22, 1965
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: April 18, 1965
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 2, 1961
- Date of Birth: September 2, 1938
- Name Day: February 5
- Full Name: Alexei Mikhailovich Savvin
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Valentin
Metropolitan of Orenburg and Buzuluksk
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Orenburg and Buzuluksk (2004-)
- Archbishop of Orenburg and Buzuluksk (1999-2004)
- Retired (1995-1999)
- Archbishop of Baku, Vicar of the Diocese of Stavropol (1994-1995)
- Archbisop of Grodnen and Volkovyssk (1992-1994)
- Archbishop of Korsun (1990-1992)
- Archbishop of Vladimir and Suzdal (1988-1990)
- Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal (1987-1988)
- Bishop of Tambov and Michurinsk (1985-1987)
- Bishop of Zvenigorod, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1979-1985)
- Bishop of Ufa and Sterlitamaksk (1976-1979)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 25, 2004
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: December 30, 1988
- Date of Consecration: July 25, 1976
- Date of Election: July 24, 1976
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: July 20, 1976
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1971
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: July 18, 1969
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: April 20, 1969
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 30, 1969
- Name Day: May 7
- Date of Birth: October 14, 1940
- Full Name: Timofei Adamovich Mishchuk
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Varnava
Metropolitan of Cheboksary and Chuvash
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: 2001
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: September 7, 1984
- Date of Consecration: November 30, 1976
- Date of Election: 1976
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1965
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1960
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: March 9, 1957
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: February 15, 1956
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 10, 1955
- Name Day: June 24
- Date of Birth: April 21, 1931
- Full Name: Vladimir Viktorovich Kedrov
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Isidor
Metropolitan of Ekaterinograd and Kuban
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Ekaterinograd and Kuban (2001-)
- Metropolitan of Krasnodar and Novorossiya (2001)
- Archbishop of Krasnodar and Novorossiya (1994-2001)
- Archbishop of Krasnodar and Kuban (1989-1994)
- Bishop of Krasnodar and Kuban (1987-1989)
- Bishop of Arkhangelsk and Murmansk (1985-1987)
- Bishop of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogorsk (1977-1985)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 22, 2001
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1989
- Date of Consecration: June 19, 1977
- Date of Election: 1977
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: June 12, 1977
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: Pascha 1973
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: April 7, 1967
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: February 5, 1967
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 5, 1967
- Name Day: January 21
- Date of Birth: May 25, 1941
- Full Name: Nikolai Vasil'evich Kirichenko
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Lazar
Metropolitan of Simferopol and the Crimea
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Simferopol and the Crimea (2000-)
- Archbishop of Simferopol and the Crimea (1992-2000)
- Archbishop of Odessa and Kherson (1991-1992)
- Archbishop of Ternopol' and Kremenets (1989-1991)
- Archbishop of Argentina and South America (1985-1989)
- Bishop of Argentina and South America (1980-1985)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: November 25, 2000
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: June 20, 1985
- Date of Consecration: April 18, 1980
- Date of Election: 1980
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: April 7, 1980
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 1, 1980
- Date of Elevation to Protopriest: 1978
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: March 12, 1971
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: March 5, 1971
- Name Day: March 21
- Date of Birth: April 22, 1939
- Full Name: Rostislav Filippovich Shvets
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Mefodii
Metropolitan of Perm and Solikamsk
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Perm and Solikamsk (2010-)
- Metropolitan of Astanai and Alma-Ata (2003-2010)
- Metropolitan of Voronezh and Lipetsk (1988-2003)
- Archbishop of Voronezh and Lipetsk (1985-1988)
- Bishop of Voronezh and Lipetsk (1982-1985)
- Bishop of Irkutsk and Chitinsk (1980-1982)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: 1988
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: July 26, 1985
- Date of Consecration: April 27, 1980
- Date of Election: 1980
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: April 4, 1977
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: April 24, 1974
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: January 7, 1974
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 5, 1974
- Name Day: May 24
- Date of Birth: February 16, 1949
- Full Name: Nikolai Fedorovich Nemtsov
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Sergii
Metropolitan of Voronezh and Borisogleb
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Voronezh and Borisogleb (2003-)
- Metropolitan of Solnechnogorsk (1999-2003)
- Archbishop of Solnechnogorsk (1988-1999)
- Bishop of Solnechnogorsk, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1983-1988)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 19, 1999
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: September 9, 1988
- Date of Consecration: January 30, 1983
- Date of Election: 1983
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1981
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1978
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: September 22, 1973
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: September 21, 1973
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: August 26, 1973
- Name Day: October 8
- Date of Birth: August 24, 1949
- Full Name: Vitalii Pavlovich Fomin
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Evsevii
Metropolitan of Pskov and Velikoluka
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Pskov and Velikoluka (2008-)
- Archbishop of Pskov and Velikoluka (1993-2008)
- Archbishop of Kuibyshev and Syzransk (1991-1993)
- Bishop of Kuibyshev and Syzransk (1990-1991)
- Bishop of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan (1984-1990)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 25, 2008
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1991
- Date of Consecration: April 1, 1984
- Date of Election: 1984
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: November 14, 1965
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: November 22, 1964
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: October 15, 1964
- Name Day: October 17
- Date of Birth: May 15, 1939
- Full Name: Nikolai Afanas'evich Savvin
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Hilarion
Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York (2008-)
- Archbishop of Sydney and Australia (1996-2008)
- Bishop of Washington (1995-1996)
- Bishop of Manhattan (1984-1995)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: May 18, 2008
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: June 20, 1996
- Date of Consecration: December 10, 1984
- Date of Election: 1984
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: 1976
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: December 4, 1975
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 2, 1974
- Name Day: November 3
- Date of Birth: January 6, 1948
- Full Name: Igor' Alexeevich Kapral
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Vladimir
Metropolitan of Tashkent and Central Asia
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Tashkent and Central Asia (2002-)
- Archbishop of Tashkent and Central Asia (1991-2002)
- Bishop of Tashkent and Central Asia (1990-1991)
- Bishop of Podol'e, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1985-1990)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 25, 2002
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1991
- Date of Consecration: June 30, 1985
- Date of Election: 1985
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: April 1, 1979
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1971
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: February 4, 1966
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: August 1, 1965
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: July 27, 1965
- Name Day: July 28
- Date of Birth: February 1, 1940
- Full Name: Vasilii Zakharovich Ikim
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Nikolai
Metropolitan of Izhevsk and Udmurtiya
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Izhevsk and Udmurtiya (2007-)
- Archbishop of Izhevsk and Udmurtiya (1993-2007)
- Archbishop of Vladivostok and Primore (1991-1993)
- Archbishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsk, Vicar of the Dicoese of Moscow (1987-1991)
- Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsk, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1987)
- Bishop of Zvenigorod (1985-1987)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: 2008
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1987
- Date of Consecration: July 21, 1985
- Date of Election: 1985
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1977
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: December 26, 1974
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: May 11, 1969
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: November 21, 1954
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: November 13, 1954
- Name Day: August 9
- Date of Birth: May 22, 1927
- Full Name: Nikolai Yakovlevich Shkrumko
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Aleksii
Metropolitan of Tula and Belev
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Tula and Belev (2009-)
- Archbishop of Tula and Belev (2002-2009)
- Archbishop of Astanai and Alma-Ata (1999-2002)
- Archbishop of Alma-Ata and Semipalatinsk (1991-1999)
- Archbishop of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan (1990-1991)
- Archbishop of Zaraisk, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1988-1990)
- Bishop of Zaraisk, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1988)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: April 20, 2009
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: December 30, 1988
- Date of Consecration: December 1, 1988
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: November 20, 1975
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: September 8, 1975
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: September 7, 1975
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: June 22, 1975
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: February 15, 1975
- Name Day: October 18
- Date of Birth: May 10, 1953
- Full Name: Andrei Nikolaevich Kutepov
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Ioannikii
Metropolitan of Lugansk and Alchevsk
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Lugansk and Alchevsk (2007-)
- Metropolitan of Lugansk and Starobel'sk (2002-2007)
- Archbishop of Lugansk and Starobel'sk (1993-2002)
- Bishop of Lugansk and Starobel'sk (1991-1993)
- Bishop of Donetsk and Lugansk (1990-1991)
- Bishop of Slavyansk, Vicar of the Dicoese of Odessa (1988-1990)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: June 19, 2002
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: April 7, 1993
- Date of Consecration: December 13, 1988
- Date of Election: 1988
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1983
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: July 18, 1971
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: April 7, 1969
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: November 24, 1964
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: November 16, 1964
- Name Day: November 17
- Date of Birth: February 7, 1938
- Full Name: Ivan Yakovlevich Kobzev
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Alexander
Metropolitan of Riga and All Latvia
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Riga and All Latvia (2002-)
- Archbishop of Riga and All Latvia (1994-2002)
- Bishop of Riga and All Latvia (1990-1994)
- Bishop of Daugavpils, Vicar of the Dicoese of Riga (1989-1990)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 22, 2002
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1994
- Date of Consecration: July 23, 1989
- Date of Election: 1989
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: July 11, 1989
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: July 10, 1989
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: 1985
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: 1985
- Name Day: September 12
- Date of Birth: October 3, 1939
- Full Name: Alexander Ivanovich Kudryashov
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Alexander
Metropolitan of Kastanai and Kazakhstan
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Kastanai and Kazakhstan (2010-)
- Archbishop of Kastanai and Kazakhstan (2010)
- Archbishop of Kostroma and Galicia (1994-2010)
- Bishop of Kostroma and Galicia (1989-1994)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: d
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 2, 1994
- Date of Consecration: September 27, 1989
- Date of Election: 1989
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: September 24, 1989
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: September 21, 1989
- Date of Elevation to Protopriest: 1985
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: August 2, 1983
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: August 1, 1983
- Name Day: September 12
- Date of Birth: May 18, 1957
- Full Name: Alexander Gennadievich Mogilev
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Nifont
Metropolitan of Lutsk and Volyna
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Lutsk and Volyna (2001-)
- Archbishop of Lutsk and Volyna (1993-2001)
- Bishop of Lutsk and Volyna (1992-1993)
- Bishop of Khmel'nitsy and Kamenets-Podol'e (1990-1992)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: April 11, 2001
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: July 28, 1993
- Date of Consecration: March 31, 1990
- Date of Election: March 20, 1990
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1988
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1985
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: February 26, 1977
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: April 15, 1974
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 20, 1974
- Name Day: April 21
- Date of Birth: October 5, 1948
- Full Name: Vasilii Andreevich Solodukha
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Kornilii
Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: November 6, 2000
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1995
- Date of Consecration: September 15, 1990
- Date of Election: 1990
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: August 21, 1990
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: February 8, 1948
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: August 19, 1945
- Name Day: March 5
- Date of Birth: June 19, 1924
- Full Name: Vyacheslav Vasil'evich Jakobs
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Onufrii
Metropolitan of Chernovitsa and Bukovina
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: November 22, 2000
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: July 28, 1994
- Date of Consecration: December 9, 1990
- Date of Election: 1990
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: December 15, 1986
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1980
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: May 29, 1972
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: June 20, 1971
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 18, 1971
- Name Day: June 25
- Date of Birth: November 5, 1944
- Full Name: Orest Vladimirovich Berezovskii
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Varsonofii
Metropolitan of Saransk and Mordova
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 1, 2010
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 2001
- Date of Consecration: February 8, 1991
- Date of Election: 1991
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1987
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1982
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: November 26, 1978
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: April 27, 1978
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 30, 1978
- Name Day: April 24
- Date of Birth: June 3, 1955
- Full Name: Anatolii Vladimirovich Sudakov
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Hilarion
Metropolitan of Donetsk and Mariupol
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Donetsk and Mariupol (2000-)
- Archbishop of Donetsk and Mariupol (1996-2000)
- Archbishop of Kherson and the Tavrides (1995-1996)
- Bishop of Kherson and the Tavrides (1992-1995)
- Bishop of Ivano-Frankovsk and Kolomysk (1991-1992)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: November 23, 2000
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1995
- Date of Consecration: September 29, 1991
- Date of Election: 1991
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: September 22, 1991
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: 1983
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: 1981
- Name Day: November 3
- Date of Birth: May 3, 1951
- Full Name: Roman Vasil'evich Shukalo
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Antonii
Metropolitan of Khmelnitsy and Starokonstantinov
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Khmelnitsy and Starokonstantinov (2007-)
- Archbishop of Khmel'nitsy and Starokonstantinov (2007)
- Archbishop of Pereyaslav and Khmel'nitsy, Vicar of the Diocese of Kiev (1999-2007)
- Bishop of Pereyaslav and Khmel'nitsy, Vicar of the Diocese of Kiev (1992-1999)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: May 31, 2007
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: July 28, 1999
- Date of Consecration: July 27, 1992
- Date of Election: 1992
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1985
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: April 7, 1982
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 10, 1979
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: August 14, 1977
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: April 24, 1976
- Name Day: July 23
- Date of Birth: October 2, 1946
- Full Name: Vasilii Ivanovich Fialko
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Sofronii
Metropolitan of Cherkassk and Kanevsk
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: September 24, 2008
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: November 23, 2000
- Date of Consecration: August 9, 1992
- Date of Election: 1992
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1992
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1977
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: January 7, 1973
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 12, 1971
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: November 24, 1968
- Name Day: April 12
- Date of Birth: February 14, 1940
- Full Name: Dmitrii Savvich Dmitruk
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Vissarion
Metropolitan of Ovruchsk and Korostena
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Ovruchsk and Korostean (2010-)
- Archbishop of Ovruchsk and Korostena (2000-2010)
- Bishop of Ovruchsk and Korostena (1993-2000)
- Bishop of Kotorsena, Vicar of the Dicoese of Zhitomir (1992-1993)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: December 2010
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: November 23, 2000
- Date of Consecration: August 24, 1992
- Date of Election: 1992
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: August 23, 1992
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: March 30, 1990
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: September 25, 1983
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: September 21, 1983
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 1, 1983
- Name Day: June 19
- Date of Birth: December 4, 1953
- Full Name: Vasilii Alexandrovich Stretovich
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Pitirim
Metropolitan of Nikolaevsk and Voznesensk
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Nikolaevsk and Voznesensk (2009-)
- Archbishop of Nikolaevsk and Voznesensk (2000-2009)
- Bishop of Nikolaevsk and Voznesensk (1993-2000)
- Bishop of Khmel'nitsy and Kamenets-Podol'e (1992-1993)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: July 2009
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: November 23, 2000
- Date of Consecration: August 26, 1992
- Date of Election: 1992
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1986
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: 1974
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: 1969
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1969
- Date of Birth: March 6, 1944
- Full Name: Nikolai Petrovich Starinskii
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Hilarion
Metropolitan of Volokolamsk
- Hierarchical Sees
- Metropolitan of Volokolamsk (2010-)
- Archbishop of Volokolamsk (2009-2010)
- Bishop of Volokolamsk, Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' (2009)
- Bishop of Vienna and Austria (2003-2009)
- Bishop of Podol'e, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (2002-2003)
- Bishop of Kerchensk, Vicar of the Diocese of Sourozh (2002)
- Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 1, 2010
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: April 20, 2009
- Date of Consecration: January 14, 2002
- Date of Election: December 27, 2001
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: August 19, 1987
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: June 21, 1987
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: June 19, 1987
- Name Day: June 19
- Date of Birth: July 24, 1966
- Full Name: Grigorii Valerievich Alfeyev
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Daniel
Archbishop of Tokyo,
Metropolitan of Japan
- Hierarchical Sees
- Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of Japan (2000-)
- Bishop of Kyoto (1999-2000)
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 2000
- Date of Consecration: November 14, 1999
- Date of Election: 1999
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: November 14, 1999
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: January 1972
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: November 1969
- Name Day: September 12
- Date of Birth: September 5, 1938
- Full Name: Ikio Nushiro
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Anatolii
Archbishop of Kerchensk,
Vicar of the Diocese of Sourozh
- Hierarchical Sees
- Archbishop of Kerchensk, Vicar of the Diocese of Sourozh (2002-)
- Retired (2001-2002)
- Archbishop of Kerchensk, Vicar of the Diocese of Sourozh (1993-2001)
- Bishop of Kerchensk, Vicar of the Diocese of Sourozh (1990-1993)
- Bishop of Ufa and Sterlitamak (1979-1990)
- Bishop of Zvenigorod (1974-1979)
- Bishop of Vilnius and Lithuania (1972-1974)
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 2, 1993
- Date of Consecration: September 3, 1972
- Date of Election: 1972
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1968
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1963
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: October 11, 1960
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: July 1, 1956
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: October 31, 1954
- Name Day: May 6
- Date of Birth: May 28, 1930
- Full Name: Evgenii Vlasovich Kuznetsov
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Alypy
Archbishop of Chicago and the Detroit Diocese
- Hierarchical Sees
- Archbishop of Chicago and the Detroit Diocese (1994-)
- Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand (1994)
- Archbishop of Cleveland (1990-1994)
- Bishop of Cleveland, Vicar of the Diocese of Chicago and Detroit (1974-1990)
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: July 12, 1990
- Date of Consecration: July 12, 1974
- Date of Election: 1974
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: 1954
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: 1950
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: September 23, 1946
- Name Day: August 30
- Date of Birth: December 19, 1926
- Full Name: Nikolai Mikhailovich Gamanovich
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Mark
Archbishop of Berlin, Germany and Great Britain
- Hierarchical Sees
- Archbishop of Berlin, Germay, and Great Britain
- Bishop of Berlin and Germany (1982-)
- Bishop of Munich and Southern Germany (1980-1982)
- Date of Consecration: November 30, 1980
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: 1975
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1975
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: 1975
- Name Day: March 18
- Date of Birth: January 29, 1941
- Full Name: Michael Arndt
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Longin
Archbishop of Klin,
Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow
- Hierarchical Sees
- Archbishop of Klin, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1992-)
- Archbishop of Dusseldorf (1989-1992)
- Bishop of Dusseldorf (1981-1989)
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1989
- Date of Consecration: October 11, 1981
- Date of Election: 1981
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: December 3, 1979
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1974
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: May 18, 1969
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: April 13, 1969
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 11, 1969
- Name Day: October 29
- Date of Birth: February 17, 1946
- Full Name: Yurii Vladimirovich Talypin
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Antonii
Archbishop of the Urals and Guriev
- Hierarchical Sees
- Archbishop of the Urals and Guriev (1997-)
- Bishop of the Urals and Guriev (1991-1997)
- No See (1990-1991)
- Bishop of Chernovitsy and Bukovina (1986-1990)
- Bishop of Pereyaslav and Khmel'nitsy, Vicar of the Dicoese of Kiev (1985-1986)
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1997
- Date of Consecration: October 13, 1985
- Date of Election: 1985
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 13, 1970
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: October 12, 1969
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: September 27, 1969
- Name Day: July 23
- Date of Birth: September 29, 1940
- Full Name: Vladimir Ivanovich Moskalenko
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Feofan
Archbishop of Berlin and Germany
- Hierarchical Sees
- Archbishop of Berlin and Germany (1996-)
- Bishop of Berlin and Germany (1992-1996)
- Bishop of Berlin and Leipzig (1991-1992)
- Bishop of Kashira, Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow (1987-1991)
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1996
- Date of Consecration: January 11, 1987
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: February 14, 1985
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: April 17, 1977
- Date of Ordinatin to the Diaconate: January 7, 1976
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 4, 1976
- Name Day: October 24
- Date of Birth: July 8, 1954
- Full Name: Oleg Ivanovich Galinskii
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Simon
Archbishop of Brussels and Belgium,
Locum tenens of the Hague and the Netherlands
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1994
- Date of Consecration: April 11, 1987
- Date of Election: March 23, 1987
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1982
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: 1975
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: January 19, 1975
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 17, 1975
- Name Day: January 29
- Date of Birth: December 7, 1951
- Full Name: Vladimir Nikolaevich Ishunin
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Panteleimon
Archbishop of Rostov and Novocherkassk
- Hierarchical Sees
- Archbishop of Rostov and Novocherkassk (1996-)
- Bishop of Rostov and Novocherkassk (1995-1996)
- Bishop of Arkhangelsk and Murmansk (1987-1995)
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1996
- Date of Consecration: May 17, 1987
- Date of Election: May 12, 1987
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1982
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1974
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: April 2, 1972
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: January 4, 1970
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 26, 1969
- Name Day: August 9
- Date of Birth: September 12, 1941
- Full Name: Anatolii Ivanovich Dolganov
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- Biography
- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Grigorii
Archbishop of Mozhaisk,
Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow
- Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1997
- Date of Consecration: September 13, 1987
- Date of Election: 1987
- Date of Elevation to Archimandrite: 1978
- Date of Elevation to Hegumen: 1976
- Date of Ordination to the Priesthood: December 4, 1973
- Date of Ordination to the Diaconate: March 25, 1973
- Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 15, 1973
- Name Day: March 25
- Date of Birth: January 1, 1942
- Full Name: Yurii Sergeevich Chirkov
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- Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
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