Pimen

Pimen (born July 23, 1910, Bogdorodsk, near Moscow, Russia—died May 3, 1990, Moscow) was the 14th Russian Orthodox patriarch of Moscow and of all Russia. He served as spiritual leader of his church during the final years of official Soviet repression and the subsequent period of religious renewal following the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. Pimen was tonsured a monk in 1927 and ordained a priest in 1932. The next 14 years of his life are...