List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow

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The following is a list of The Russian Orthodox metropolitans of Moscow and Patriarchs of Moscow and all Russia along with when they served:

Contents 1 Metropolitans 2 Patriarchs, 1589-1700 3 Locum tenens, abolished in 1721 4 Heads of the Holy Synod (Metropolitans) 5 Patriarchs, restored since 1917

[edit] Metropolitans

• Maximus (1283-1305)
• St. Peter (1308-1326)
  • vacant (1326-1328)
• Theognostus (1328-1353)
• St. Alexius (1354-1378)
• Cyprian (1381-1382)
• Pimen (1382-1384)
• Dionysius I (1384-1385)
  • vacant (1385-1390)
  • Cyprian (1390-1406), restored
  • vacant (1406-1408)
• Photius (1408-1431)
  • vacant (1431-1437)
• Isidore of Kiev (1437-1441)
  • vacant (1441-1448)
• St. Jonah (1448-1461)
• Theodosius (1461-1464)
• Philip I (1464-1473)
• Gerontius (1473-1489)
• Zosimus (1490-1494)
• Simon (1495-1511)
• Varlaam (1511-1521)
• Daniel (1522-1539)
• Joasaphus (1539-1542)
• Macarius (1542-1563)
• Athanasius (1564-1566)
• Herman (1566)
• St. Philip II (1566-1568)
• Cyril (1568-1572)
• Anthony (1572-1581)
• Dionysius II (1581-1587)
• St. Job (1587-1589), the last metropolitan and the first patriarch of Russia.

[edit] Patriarchs, 1589-1700

• Patriarch Job (1589-1605)
• Patriarch Ignatius (1605-1606)
• Patriarch Hermogenus (1606-1612)
  • vacant (1612-1619)
• Patriarch Philaret (1619-1633)
• Patriarch Joasaphus I (1634-1642)
• Patriarch Joseph (1642-1652)
• Patriarch Nikon (1652-1658)
  • Pitirim of Krutitsy, locum tenens (1658-1667)
• Patriarch Joasaphus II (1667-1672)
• Patriarch Pitirim (of Krutitsy) (1672-1673)
• Patriarch Joachim (1674-1690)
• Patriarch Adrian (1690-1700)

[edit] Locum tenens, abolished in 1721

• Stefan of Ryazan (1700-1721)

[edit] Heads of the Holy Synod (Metropolitans)

• Joseph (1742-1745)
• Plato I (1745-1754)
• Hilarion of Krutitsy, Coadjutor (1754-1757)
• Timothy (1757-1767)
• Ambrosius (1768-1771)
• Samouel of Krutitsy, Coadjutor (1771-1775)
• Plato II (1775-1812)
• Avgustin (1812-1819)
• Seraphim (1819-1821)
• Filaret (1821-1867)
• Innocent (1868-1879)
• Macarius I (1879-1882)
• Joannicius (1882-1891)
• Leontius (1891-1893)
• Sergius I (1893-1898)
• Vladimir (1898-1912)
• Macarius II (1912-1917)

[edit] Patriarchs, restored since 1917

• Patriarch Tikhon (1917-1925)
  • vacant (1925-1943)
    • Peter of Krutitsy, locum tenens (1925-1936), de facto only until 1925
    • Sergius of Nizhny Novgorod, Deputy locum tenens (1926-1936)
    • Sergius of Moscow and Kolomna, locum tenens (1936-1943)
• Patriarch Sergius I (1943-1944)
• Patriarch Alexius I (1945-1970)
• Patriarch Pimen I (1971-1990)
• Patriarch Alexius II (1990-Present)