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Patriarch Kirill (Gundyaev)
Patriarch Kirill (Gundyaev) (1946-____)
Kirill may be spelt Kyril, Kyrillos, Cyril.
Gundyaev may be spelt Gundiayev.
Contents
- 1Gundyaev family historical details
- 2Early life of Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyaev
- 3Higher education, 1965-1970
- 4Monastic tonsure, 1969
- 5Diaconal ordination, 1969
- 6Presbyteral ordination, 1969
- 7Bereavement, 1969
- 8Pastoral service
- 9Bereavement, 1974
- 10Episcopal ordination, 1976
- 11Episcopal service
- 12Bishop of Vyborg, 1976
- 13Archbishop of Vyborg, 1977
- 14Bereavement, 1984
- 15Archbishop of Smolensk and Vyazma, 1984
- 16Archbishop of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, 1988
- 17Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations, 1989
- 18Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, 1991
- 19Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, 2009
- 20Patriarchal service
- 21Increasing difficulties faced in 2018 and afterwards
- 22Bereavement, 2021
- 23Reflections
- 24Writings
- 25References
Gundyaev family historical details
The son of Holy Priest Vasili Gundyaev was the future Archpriest Mikhail V Gundyaev. The grandson of Holy Priest
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Official Biography of 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.
After finishing the secondary school eighth grade, Vladimir Gundyaev got a job in the Leningrad Geological Expedition and worked for it from 1962 to 1965 as cartographer, combining work with studies at secondary school.
After graduation from school, he entered the Leningrad Seminary and later the Leningrad Theological Academy, from which he graduated cum laude in 1970.
On April 3, 1969, Metropolitan Ni
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia (secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyaev) was born on November 20, 1946, in Leningrad.
His father, Mikhail Vasilyevich Gundyaev, a priest, died in 1974. His mother, Raisa Vladimirovna Gundyaeva, a schoolteacher of the German language, in her last years a housewife, died in 1984. His elder brother, Archpriest Nikolay Gundyaev, a professor at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, the honorary rector of the Cathedral of the Holy Transfiguration in St. Petersburg, died on December 30, 2021. His grandfather, priest Vasiliy Stepanovich Gundyaev, was a Solovki prisoner, repeatedly imprisoned and exiled for his church work and active anti-Renovationism stand in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
After finishing the secondary school 8th grade, from 1962 to 1965, Vladimir Gundyaev worked as a technical cartographer in the Leningrad Comprehensive Geological Expedition of the North-West Geological Administration, concurrently attending secondary school.
Having finished secondary school in 1965, he entered the Leningrad Theolo
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