First of all I would like to say that in no way can the previous Patriarch be compared with the present one. The Lord never created two identical people, and there could not be two identical hierarchs ...

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 ...

MOSCOW (JTA) — The newly elected head of the Russian Orthodox Church reached out to Jewish leaders. Patriarch Kirill, who was elected at a session in Moscow last week and enthroned Sunday, has ...

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.