He knew the clergymen of Moscow well (some eighty percent were ordained by him), and, picking each one of us by criteria known only to him, transferred us to his cathedral. I think that the centuries ...

who was elected at a session in Moscow last week and enthroned Sunday, has ties to the Jewish world going back decades. His predecessor, Patriarch Alexy, traveled to the United States to speak to ...

The intimidating grandeur of Holy Russia was much in evidence at the Moscow residence of Patriarch Alexy II, the late leader of the Russian Orthodox Church. Hushed clerics in black cassocks ...

The Russian Orthodox patriarch who became one of the first major religious Christian voices to call for an end to anti-Semitism in Russia, Alexy II, has died. MOSCOW (JTA) — Russian Jewish ...

I expressed my surprise that during most appearances, he was accompanied by the then Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Alexy II. This did not surprise Russians. They explained that it's Putin ...