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In 1970 Kyrill completed a degree from the Leningrad Theological Academy, where he was retained as a professor of dogmatic theology and aid to the Academy's Inspector.
Since [[August 30]], 1970, he was a personal secretary to [[Metropolitan]] [[Nikodim (RotorRotov) of Leningrad and Novgorod|Nikodim (Rotov)]], Metroplitan of Leningrad.
On [[September 12]], 1971, he became [[archimandrite]] and was posted as a representative of the ROC to the [[World Council of Churches]] (WCC) in [[w:Geneva|Geneva]].
