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His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia (secular name Vladimir M. Gundyaev) was born on November 20, 1946, in Leningrad. His father, Rev. Mikhail V. Gundyaev, died in 1974. His mother, Raisa V. Gundyaeva, a teacher of German, died in 1984. His elder brother, Archpriest Nikolay Gundyaev, is a professor at St. Petersburg Theological Academy and rector of the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in St. Petersburg. His grandfather, Rev. Vasily S. Gundyaev, a Solovki prisoner, was imprisoned and exiled in the 20s, 30s and 40s for his church activity and struggle against Renovationism. On 6 December 2008, the day after the death of Patriarch Alexy II, the Holy Synod elected him locum tenens of the Patriarchal throne. Metropolitan Kirill was elected Patriarch on January 27, 2009, at the ROC Local Council, and enthroned during a liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow on February 1, 2009. |
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His Grace MATTHEW Bishop of SourozhInterim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA BIOGRAPHY
ST. NICHOLAS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF NEW YORK 15 East 97th Street, New York, NY 10029 (Between 5th Ave. & Madison Ave. at Manhattan) Phone: (212) 996-6638 Phone: (212) 289-1915 Fax: (212) 427-5003 |
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Archpriest George Konyev - Rector
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Protodeacon
Daniel Sudol Протодьякон Даниил Судол |
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Priest
Nicholas DeGraaff Иерей Николай ДеГраафф |
Deacon
Alexey Ozerov Диакон Алексей Озеров |
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Deacon
Pavel Rоudenko Диакон Павел Руденко |