Patriarch Pimen I
| Pimen | |
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| Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus' | |
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| Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
| See | Moscow |
| Installed | 3 June 1971 |
| Term ended | 3 May 1990 |
| Predecessor | Alexy I |
| Successor | Alexy II |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 25 January 1932 |
| Consecration | 17 November 1957 by Alexy I of Moscow |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Sergey Mikhailovich Izvekov |
| Born |
July 23, 1910 village Kobylino, Kaluga Governorate |
| Died | May 3, 1990 (aged 79) Moscow, Soviet Union |
Patriarch Pimen (Russian: Патриарх Пимен, born Sergey Mikhailovich Izvekov, Сергей Михайлович Извеков; July 23 [O.S. July 10] 1910 – May 3, 1990), was the 14th Patriarch of Moscow and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1970 to 1990.
He was born 1910 in village Kobylino, Kaluga Governorate in pius family; raised in the town of Bogorodsk near Moscow.
On December 5, 1925, he became a monk at Sretensky Monastery in Moscow. He also spent years in various Russian monasteries and cathedrals in Murom, Odessa and Pskov. In 1954 Pimen became namestnik (alderman) of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra.
November 17, 1957 in Odessa he was consecrated bishop of Balta, vicar of the Diocese of Odessa.
Since December 26, 1957 he was bishop of Dmitrov, vicar of the Moscow diocese.
From July 1960 to November 14, 1961 he was Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate.
November 23, 1960 he was elevated to the rank of archbishop.
Since March 16, 1961 he was archbishop of Tula and Belyov.
On November 14, 1961 he was appointed Metropolitan of Leningrad and Ladoga.
After the death of Patriarch Alexius I in 1970 Metropolitan Pimen was elected the Patriarchal Locum Tenens, but the Communist authorities did not allow the holding of a church council to select a new Patriarch in the same year as the 100th anniversary of Lenin's birth.
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