Jonas (1448-1461) was the first to be elected without the sanction of Constantinople, thus establishing the Russian Church as a fully independent body. Liberating itself from the invaders, the Russian state gathered strength and so did the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1448, not long before the [[Byzantine Empire]] collapsed, the Russian Church became independent from the patriarchate of Constantinople. Metropolitan Jonas, installed by the Council of Russian Bishops in 1448, was given the title of Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia.

* Theodosius (1461-1464)

* Philip I (1464-1473)

* Cyril (1568-1572 )

* Anthony (1572-1581)

==1589 – 1721 - Patriarchs of Moscow and all Russia ==