Former Hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church
(In alphabetical order)

	His Eminence Aaron
	Archbishop of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogorsk
	Date of Death: May 7, 1738
	Date of Consecration: December 23, 1735
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Aaron
	Bishop of Karelia and Ladoga
	Date of Death: May 1, 1740
	Date of Great Schema (with the name of Alipii): April 3, 1740
	Date of Consecration: January 24, 1714
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: August 6, 1691
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Aaron
	Bishop of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogorsk
	Date of Death: January 15, 1842
	Date of Consecration: February 14, 1826
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1810
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Afanasii
	Archbishop of Perm and Solikamsk
	Date of Death: May 1, 2002
	Date of Consecration: August 31, 1980
	Name Day: May 15
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Agapit
	Archbishop of Novotorzhsk
	Date of Death: May 1938
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1934
	Date of Consecration: December 12, 1921
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1909
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Agapit
	Archbishop of Ekaterinoslav and Mariupol
	Date of Death: 1924
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1918
	Date of Consecration: April 7, 1902
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: August 1895
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Agapit
	Bishop of Tomsk and Eniseisk
	Date of Death: January 1, 1854
	Date of Consecration: August 12, 1834
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: September 14, 1821
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Holiness Aleksii I
	Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Holiness Aleksii II
	Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'
	Date of Death: December 5, 2008
	Date of Consecration as Patriarch: June 10, 1990
	Date of Election as Patriarch: June 7, 1990
	Date of Consecration: September 3, 1961
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Alexander
	Archbishop of Saratov and Vol'sk
	Date of Consecration: October 14, 1982
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Alexander
	Bishop of Kostroma
	Date of Death: 1888
	Date of Consecration: 1878
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Alipii
	Bishop of Gorlov and Slavyansk
	Date of Consecration: October 6, 1991
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1968
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Amvrosii
	Archbishop of Ivanov and Kineshema
	Date of Consecration: October 18, 1977
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 17, 1954
	Name Day: December 20
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Anatolii
	Bishop of Yalutorov
	Date of Consecration: February 15, 1998
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: June 16, 1987
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Anthony
	Metropolitan of Sourozh
	Date of Death: August 4, 2003
	Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: 1966
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1962
	Date of Consecration: November 30, 1957
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1939
	Biography
	Obituary
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	Articles
	Body and Matter in Spiritual Life
	The Church of the Councils: The "Onslaught of the Intellect and the Potential of Doubt"
	First Celebration of All Saints of the British Isles
	Living Prayer
	Meeting a Non-Orthodox Society
	On Death
	Prayer and Life
	The Prayer of Intercession
	Sermons for the Beginning of the School
	Some Aspects of the Doctrine of Creation
	The True Worth of Man
	The Whole Human Person: Body, Spirit and Soul
	His Eminence Antonii
	Metropolitan of Chernigov and Nezhinsk
	Date of Consecration: February 12, 1965
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Antonii
	Bishop of Barnaul and Altai
	Date of Consecration: March 19, 1994
	Name Day: October 11
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Arkadii
	Bishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk
	Date of Death: 1913
	Date of Consecration: 1896
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1893
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Arkadii
	Bishop of Yuzhno-Sakhalin and Kamchatka
	Date of Consecration: April 21, 1991
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 29, 1966
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Averkii
	Archbishop of Syracuse and Holy Trinity
	Date of Death: March 31, 1976
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: August 17, 1961
	Date of Consecration: May 12, 1953
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: May 17, 1931
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Averkii
	Archbishop of Volyna and Zhitomir
	Date of Death: November 27, 1937
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1920
	Date of Consecration: June 27, 1915
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: July 2, 1910
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Avgustin
	Archbishop of Moscow and Kolomna
	Date of Death: March 3, 1819
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: August 30, 1814
	Date of Consecration: February 6, 1804
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 17, 1794
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	St. (His Eminence) Avgustin
	Archbishop of Kaluga and Borovsk
	Date of Canonization: 2000
	Date of Death (Martyrdom): November 23, 1937
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: April 2, 1936
	Date of Consecration: September 21, 1923
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1923
	Feast Day: November 10 and the Synaxis of the Neomartyrs
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Avgustin
	Metropolitan of Riga and All Latvia
	Date of Death: October 4, 1955
	Date of Consecration: March 29, 1936
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 21, 1936
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Avgustin
	Bishop of Ekaterinoslav and Taganrog
	Date of Death: November 30, 1892
	Date of Consecration: June 27, 1881
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1864
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Avgustin
	Bishop of Orenburg and Ufa
	Date of Death: January 1, 1842
	Date of Consecration: June 10, 1806
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 19, 1797
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Avraam
	Archbishop of Yaroslavl and Rostov
	Date of Death: April 18, 1844
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: October 29, 1821
	Date of Consecration: June 21, 1818
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 3, 1813
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Avraamii
	Metropolitan of Belgorod and Oboyansk
	Date of Death: August 6, 1692
	Date of Consecration: July 13, 1684
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Avraamii
	Metropolitan of Ryazan and Muromsk
	Date of Death: February 27, 1708
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Avraamii
	Archbishop of Glazov
	Date of Death: 1939
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: January 7, 1937
	Date of Consecration: September 3, 1923
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1900
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Avraamii
	Archbishop of Rostov
	Date of Death: 16th century
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Avraamii
	Archbishop of Smolensk
	Date of Death: 17th century
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Avraamii
	Bishop of Kolomena
	Date of Death: 1501
	Date of Consecration: November 18, 1490
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Avraamii
	Bishop of Penzensk
	Date of Death: 1937
	Date of Consecration: February 22, 1926
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: June 7, 1907
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Avraamii
	Bishop of Saratov
	Date of Death: October 24, 1893
	Date of Consecration: November 2, 1880
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: May 4, 1863
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Avvakum
	Bishop of Staro-Ufa
	Date of Death: October 15, 1937
	Date of Consecration: November 28, 1922
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: Spring 1922
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Dimitrii
	Bishop of Tauride
	Date of Death: 1945
	Date of Consecration: 1903
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Diomid
	Bishop of Andyra and Chukota
	Date of Consecration: August 10, 2000
	Date of Election: 2000
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: July 3, 1987
	Name Day: August 29
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Dionisii
	Bishop of Ufa
	Date of Death: September 8, 1896
	Date of Consecration: February 9, 1868
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Dorimedont
	Bishop of Edinetsk and Brichansk
	Date of Death: December 31, 2006
	Date of Consecration: November 8, 1998
	Date of Election: 1998
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 7, 1986
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Evfimii
	Archbishop of Mukachev and Uzhgorod
	Date of Death: January 19, 2000
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1996
	Date of Consecration: July 28, 1989
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1957
	Name Day: February 2
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Evgenii
	Archbishop of Tambov and Michurinsk
	Date of Death: October 11, 2002
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1991
	Date of Consecration: May 31, 1987
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Feodosii
	Metropolitan of Poltava and Kremenchuga
	Date of Consecration: June 4, 1967
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
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