Kirill I of Moscow

Kirill or Cyril is a Russian Orthodox bishop. He became Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church onFebruary 2009.

Kirill was born Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev in Leningrad onNovember 1946. His father, Rev. Mikhail Gundyaev, died in 1974. His mother, Raisa Gundyaeva, a teacher of German, died in 1984. His elder brother, Archpriest Nikolay Gundyaev, is a professor at Leningrad Theological Academy and rector of the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in St. Petersburg. His grandfather, Rev. Vasily Gundyaev, a Solovki prisoner, was imprisoned and exiled in the 20s, 30s and 40s for his church activity and struggle against Renovationism.

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