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:::In his official biography (in Russian [http://www.mospat.ru/index.php?mid=99]), his secular (worldly) name is "в миру - Алексей Михайлович Ридигер", so Aleksey or Alexey Mikhailovich Ridiger. The monastic name provided is: "Алексий", so Aleksy, or Alexy (used on the English version of the website). In my personal opinion I believe we should use the Moscow Patriarchate's spelling, and use '''Alexy'''. --[[User:AKCGY|AKCGY]] 21:28, February 17, 2007 (PST)
:::: The OrthodoxWiki standard is to use whatever spelling is most common in English writing, which may not necessarily be the same as official spelling.
:::: A quick Google check yields:
:::: "Patriarch Alexy" - 52,000 hits
:::: "Patriarch Alexei" - 12,500 hits
:::: "Patriarch Alexii" - 1,080 hits
:::: A careful perusal of the [[OW:SM|Style Manual]] can answer these sorts of questions pretty easily. —[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 17:10, February 18, 2007 (PST)
