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[[Image:Kyrill Gundyayev.jpg|right|frame]]His Holiness '''Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow''' (Кирилл), born as Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev (Владимир Михайлович Гундяев), on [[November 20]], 1946, [[w:Leningrad|Leningrad]], [[w:Soviet Union|Soviet Union]], is the current Patriarch of [[Church of Russia|Moscow and All Russia]].
==Early career==
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]].
On [[January 27]], 2009, Kyrill was elected as Patriarch of Moscow, and was enthroned as the sixteenth Patriarch on Sunday [[February 1]], 2009.
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years=1976-1984|
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years=1984-2009|
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before=[[Philaret (Vakhromeyev) of Minsk|Philaret (Vakhromeyev)]]|
title=5th Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of Moscow Patriarchate|
years=November 14, 1989 - February 1, 2009|
after=[[Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk|Hilarion (Alfeyev)]]|}}
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before=[[Alexei II (Ridiger) of Moscow|Alexei II (Ridiger)]]|
years=2009-Present|
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[[Category:Bishops|Kyrill]]
[[Category:20th-21st-century bishops|Kyrill]]
[[Category:Patriarchs of Moscow|Kyrill]]
[[Category:St. Petersburg Academy Graduates]]
[[ro:Chiril (Gundiaev) al Moscovei]]
