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[[Image:JoachimPatMoscowImage.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Patriarch Joachim (Savelov) of Moscow and All Russia]]
'''Joachim (Savelov) of Moscow''', Russian: Иоаким (СавеловСавёлов), was the [[Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia ]] from 1674 to 1690. He continued the policies of liturgical revision instituted by Patr. Patriarch [[Nikon of Moscow|Nikon]], but stood against the increasing trend of Westernization within the Russian society during the late seventeenth century. He founded the first higher education institution in the Patriarchate.
==Life==
Ivan Petrovich Savelov (Russian: Иван Петрович СавеловСавёлов) was born in 1620. He was descended from the nobility of Moscow. In his youth Ivan (John) followed his aristocratic origins and entered the military service. After finding military service unsatisfactory, John left the service in 1655 and entered a [[monasticism|monastic]] life at Kiev-Mezhigorskaya [[Monastery]]. There, he received the name Joachim upon his [[tonsure]] as a [[monk]]. In 1657, Joachim was sent to Iversk Monastery near [[Novgorod]] by Patr. Nikon of Moscow. Shortly thereafter, Joachim was transferred to the re-built St. Andrew's Monastery in Moscow, at the request of the boyar Rtishchev[[http://russian-church.ru/english/viewpage.php?cat=moscow&page=17]], before moving to Kelarev Novospassky Monastery.
Joachim was elevated to the dignity of [[archimandrite]] in 1664, and appointed [[igumen]] of the [[Chudov Monastery]] in Moscow. In 1672, Archim. Joachim was elected [[Metropolitan]] of Novgorod.<ref>Pavel Tikhomirov, ''Kafedra Novgorodskikh Sviatitelei'' (Novgorod, 1895), vol. 2.</ref> During 1673, Metr. Joachim sent Archimandrite Macarius of Novgorod to mediate a disturbance among rebellious monks at the [[Solovetsky Monastery]].
title=[[List of bishops of the Diocese of Novgorod|Metropolitan of Novgorod]]|
years=1672-1674|
after=[[Cornelius |Cornelius of Novgorod]]}}
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before=[[Pitirim of Moscow|Pitirim]]|
