Kirill or Cyril (Russian: Кирилл, Church Slavonic: Ст҃ѣ́йшїй патрїа́рхъ Кѷрі́ллъ, 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.

The first Primus was the Metropolitan Stephen Yavorsky, who had been the administrator of the Patriarchate of Moscow for over twenty years (1700-1721). After Paul I of Russia in 1797, the Emperor of Russia had the title of "Head of the Church".

2025年1月7日 · On 30th January, Archimandrite Philip (Vasiltsev), Representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’ to the Patriarchal Throne of Antioch, met with Mr Alexander Yefimov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to …

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russian: Русская православная церковь, romanized: Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', abbreviated as РПЦ), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (Московский патриархат, Moskovskiy patriarkhat), [12] is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church.

On January 27, 2009, by a Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. On February 1, 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill was enthroned. Education. Work under the guidance of Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov)

2024年12月20日 · Kirill I, Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia from 2009. He was appointed representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1971 and later served as rector of Leningrad Theological Academy and as archbishop of Smolensk and Kaliningrad. Learn more about Kirill I’s life and career.

2025年1月28日 · On January 27, 2009, the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, by secret ballot, elected Metropolitan Kirill as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

2024年6月12日 · Paschal Message by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the archpastors, pastors, deacons, monks and nuns, and all the faithful children of the Russian Orthodox Church.

2023年1月31日 · By using force to try to keep the splintering parts of the once-unified ROC together, Patriarch Kirill is only driving them away. When Russia invaded Ukraine, the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) did not hesitate to throw its support behind the Kremlin’s war against a neighboring Orthodox nation.

2023年1月21日 · The mysterious leader wields enormous influence as the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, bestowing guidance to more than 100 million believers — about 70 per cent of the country's population.