Former Hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church

(In alphabetical order)

His Eminence Afanasii
Archbishop of Perm and Solikamsk
Date of Death: May 1, 2002
Date of Consecration: August 31, 1980
Name Day: May 15
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

   
His Eminence Aleksandr
Archbishop of Saratov and Vol'sk
Date of Consecration: October 14, 1982
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

   
His Holiness Aleksii I
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 
 
 
 

   
His Grace Alipii
Bishop of Gorlov and Slavyansk
Date of Consecration: October 6, 1991
Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1968
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

 
His Grace Anatolii
Bishop of Yalutorov
Date of Consecration: February 15, 1998
Date of Monastic Tonsure: June 16, 1987
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

           
His Eminence Anthony
Metropolitan of Sourozh
Date of Death: August 4, 2003
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1966
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1962
Date of Consecration: November 30, 1957
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
Articles

  
His Eminence Antonii
Metropolitan of Chernigov and Nezhinsk
Date of Consecration: February 12, 1965
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 
 

        
His Grace Antonii
Bishop of Barnaul and Altai
Date of Consecration: March 19, 1994
Name Day: October 11
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

        
His Grace Arkadii
Bishop of Yuzhno-Sakhalin and Kamchatka
Date of Consecration: April 21, 1991
Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 29, 1966
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

His Grace Dorimedont
Bishop of Edinetsk and Brichansk
Date of Death: December 31, 2006
Date of Consecration: November 8, 1998
Date of Election: 1998
Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 7, 1986
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

  
His Eminence Evfimii
Archbishop of Mukachev and Uzhgorod
Date of Consecration: July 28, 1989
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

  
His Eminence Evgenii
Archbishop of Tambov and Michurinsk
Date of Consecration: May 31, 1987
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

  
His Eminence Feodosii
Metropolitan of Poltava and Kremenchuga
Date of Consecration: June 4, 1967
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 
 

  
His Eminence Gedeon
Metropolitan of Stavropol and Vladikavkaz
Date of Consecration: October 22, 1967
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 
 

His Eminence Grigorii
Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod
Date of Death: November 5, 1955
Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: September , 1945
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: May 26, 1944
Date of Consecration: October 14, 1942
Date of Election: 1942
Date of Monastic Tonsure: October 13, 1942
Name Day: October 13
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

        
His Grace Ierofei
Bishop of Balakhninsk,
Vicar of the Diocese of Nizhegorod
Date of Consecration: July 29, 1991
Name Day: October 17
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

  
His Eminence Irinei
Metropolitan of Vienna and Austria
Date of Consecration: January 30, 1966
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

   
His Eminence Ioann
Archbishop of Riga and All Latvia
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 
 
 

 
His Eminence Konstantin
Archbishop of Brest and Kobrinsk
Date of Consecration: April 12, 1987
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

His Eminence Leontii
Metropolitan of Orenburg and Buzuluk
Date of Consecration: August 10, 1956
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 
 

 
His Eminence Maksim
Archbishop of Mogilev and Mstislav
Date of Consecration: March 26, 1972
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

His Eminence Manuil
Archbishop of Petrozavodsk and Karelia
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 2000
Date of Consecration: August 14, 1990
Date of Election: July 20, 1990
Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 1, 1976
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

        
His Grace Mefodii
Bishop of Khustsk and Vinogradov
Date of Consecration: July 30, 1994
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

  
His Eminence Melkhisedek
Archbishop of Bryansk and Sevsk
Date of Consecration: June 17, 1965
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 
 

His Eminence Mikhei
Archbishop of Yaroslavl and Rostov
Date of Death: October 22, 2005
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1995
Date of Consecration: December 17, 1993
Date of Election: 1993
Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 1, 1947
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

 
His Eminence Nikolai
Metropolitan of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas
Date of Consecration: September 10, 1961
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 
 

        
His Grace Nikon
Bishop of Ekaterinburg and Verkhotursk
Date of Consecration: July 21, 1993
Name Day: November 30
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

His Holiness Pimen
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'
Biography
 
 
 
 
 

  
His Eminence Pitirim
Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and Yuriev,
Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow
Date of Death: November 4, 2003
Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: 1986
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1971
Date of Consecration: May 23, 1963
Date of Tonsure: 1959
Name Day: August 10
 Biography
 Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

 
His Eminence Serafim
Archbishop of Penza and Kuznetsy
Date of Consecration: October 18, 1978
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

  
His Eminence Serapion
Metropolitan of Tula and Belev
Date of Consecration: March 5, 1972
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 
 

His Holiness Sergii
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'
Date of Death: May 15, 1944
Date of Enthonement to Patriarch: August 30(o.s.), 1943
Date of Elevation to Patriarch: August 26 (o.s.), 1943
Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: November 28, 1917
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: October 6, 1901
Date of Consecration: February 25, 1901
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

 
His Grace Sergii
Bishop of Novosibirsk and Berdsk
Date of Consecration: December 10, 1995
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

 
His Eminence Simon
Archbishop of Ryazan and Kasimov
Date of Consecration: October 14, 1972
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

His Eminence Vasilii
Archbishop of Brussels and Belgium
Date of Death: September 22, 1985
Date of Consecration: 1959
 
Biography
Obituary
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

 
His Eminence Vasilii
Archbishop of Kirovograd and Aleksandriya
Date of Consecration: October 1, 1989
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

        
His Grace Viktor
Bishop of Podol'e,
Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow
Date of Consecration: March 25, 1990
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

  
His Eminence Yuvenalii
Former Metropolitan of Kursk and Ryla
Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: February 25, 2000
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: July 16, 1982
Date of Consecration: November 16, 1975
Date of Election: 1975
 Biography 
 Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 

His Eminence Zosima
Archbishop of Elistina and Kalmyka
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 24, 2006
Date of Consecration: December 24, 1995
Date of Election: 1995
Date of Monastic Tonsure: August 21, 1987
Name Day: August 21
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

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