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Early in the 20th century the Russian Church began preparations for convening an [[All-Russian Church Council of 1917-1918|All-Russian Council]]. But it was to be convened only after the 1917 Revolution. Among its major actions was the restoration of the patriarchal office in the Russian Church. The Council elected Metropolitan Tikhon of Moscow Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1917-1925). Again, the primate was known as the patriarch.
* [[Tikhon of Moscow|St. Tikhon]] (1917-19261925) (St. Tikhon of Moscow exerted every effort to calm the destructive passions kindled up by the revolution. )* vacant - ( [[Peter (Polyansky) of Moscow and Krutitsy|Peter]] Patriarchal [[locum tenens]] (1925-1937) )
* [[Sergius I (Stragorodsky) of Moscow|Sergius]], Coadjutor (1928-1943), Patriarch (1943-1945)
* [[Alexei I (Simansky) of Moscow|Alexius I]] (1945-1970)
