Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow
His Holiness Alexy I | |
|---|---|
| Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus' | |
Alexy I in 1945 | |
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
| See | Moscow |
| Installed | 4 February 1945 |
| Term ended | 17 April 1970 |
| Predecessor | Sergius I |
| Successor | Pimen I |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 3 January 1904 |
| Consecration | 11 May 1913 by Gregory IV of Antioch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sergey Vladimirovich Simanskiy November 8, 1877 |
| Died | April 17, 1970 (aged 92) Peredelkino, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Buried | Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius |
| Nationality | Russia |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University (1899) Moscow Theological Academy |
Patriarch Alexy I (Alexius I, Russian: Патриарх Алексий I, secular name Sergey Vladimirovich Simansky, Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Сима́нский; November 8 [O.S. October 27] 1877 – 17 April 1970) was the 13th Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) between 1945 and 1970.