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→Communist Era (1917-1991): 1946
* 1941-1944 [[Pskov Orthodox Mission]].
* 1945 † [[Sergius I (Stragorodsky) of Moscow]]
* 1946 In April [[the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra]], the stronghold of the Russian Orthodox faith and a source of pride and inspiration for the Russian people, was given back to the Russian Patriarchy after a twenty-year-long secular spell.
* 1952 † [[Matrona of Moscow|Matrona the Wonderworker of Moscow]]
* 1970 † [[Alexei I (Simansky) of Moscow]]
