Patriarch Joachim
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Patriarch Joachim (Russian: Иоахим; born Ivan Petrovich Savelov (Иван Петрович Савелов), 1620—March 17, 1690) was the eleventh Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, an opponent of Raskol and a founder of the Slavic Greek Latin Academy.
Joachim was of noble origin. When his family died in 1654 epidemic, he became a monk and served in various cloisters. In 1664 Joachim became an archimandrite of the Chudov Monastery and in 1672 a metropolitan of Novgorod. On July 26, 1674 he was elected a Patriarch.
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- Слово поучительное
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| Preceded by Pitirim |
Patriarch of Moscow 1674–1690 |
Succeeded by Adrian |
