Background
II, Alexy was born on February 23, 1929 in Tallinn, Estonia. Son of Mikhail Aleksandrovich and Yelena Iosifovna (Pisareva) R.
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Alexy II
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Education
Candidate Theology, Sankt-Petersburg Theological Academy, 1953; Doctor of Theology, Sankt-Petersburg Theological Academy, 1984; DDiv with honours, Theological Academy of Reformed, Church in Hungary, Debrecen DDiv with honours, Jan Komensky Theological Faculty, Prague DDiv with honours, General Seminary of the Episcopal, Church in United States of America, 1991; DDiv with honours, St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary, of Orthodox Church in American, New York, 1991; DDiv with honours, St. Tikhon's Theological Seminary, of the Orthodox Church in American, 1991; DDiv with honours, Alaska Pacific U., 1993; D of Philology with honours, St. Petersbourg State University, Russia, 1994; DDiv with honours, The Theological Faculty of the, Serbian Orthodox Church, Beograd, Serbia, 1994.
Career
Psalm-reader, Tallinn, 1946-1947;
priest, Estonia, 1950-1961;
bishop, Tallinn, 1961-1964;
archbishop, Tallinn, 1964-1968;
metropolitan, Tallinn, 1968-1986;
patriarch, Moscow and All Russia, since 1990. Dean Theophanias-parish, Jõhvi, Estonia, 1950. Member central committee World Council Churches, 1961-1968.
Vice department chairman external churches relations Moscow Patriarchate, 1961-1964. Chancellor, member teaching committee Moscow Patriarchate, 1964-1986. President, member Presidium Conference of European Churches, Geneva, 1964-1992.
Chairman Presidium Conference of European Churches, Geneva, 1987-1992. Chairman of educational committee Moscow Patriarchate, 1965-1986, metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod, 1986-1990, primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, 1990. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics People's deputy, 1989-1991.
Achievements
Membership
Permanent member Holy Synod.
