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In 1658, when Patr. Nikon retired as [[patriarch]] of Moscow, Metr. Pitirim, acting as Nikon's deputy, took on the functions of the patriarch independent from Nikon. In late 1666, Metr. Pitirim was one of Nikon's most bitter opponents and accusers when the [[synod]] was convened that found him guilty of reviling the czar and the Church, stripped him of his priestly office, and reduced him to an ordinary [[monk]].
While Pitirim may have hoped to succeed Nikon at the time, [[Archimandrite]] [[Joasaph II (Novotorzhets) of Moscow|Joasaph]] was elected patriarch in February 1667. After Joasaph died in 1672, Pitirim was then appointed patriarch and remained in the [[cathedra]] until his death a year later, in 1673.
A source notes the election of a Metr. Pitirim as Metropolitan of [[Novgorod]] on [[August 6]], 1664 and who led the eparchy until [[July 7]], 1672 before becoming Metropolitan of Krutitsy and successor to the [[see]] of Moscow.<ref>Pavel Tikhomirov, ''Kafedra Novgorodskikh Sviatitelei'' (Novgorod, 1895), Vol. 2.</ref> However, inconsistencies in chronology suggests the two Pitirims are different people.
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before=[[Joasaph II (Novotorzhets) of Moscow|Joasaph II]]|
title=[[List of primates of Russia|Patriarch of Moscow]]|
years=1672-1673|