Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow

15th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church

Date of Birth: 23-Feb-1929

Place of Birth: Tallinn, Estonia

Date of Death: 05-Dec-2008

Profession: bishop, politician, cleric, Orthodox priest

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Patriarch Alexy II (or Alexius II, Russian: ???????? ??????? II; secular name Aleksei Mikhailovich Ridiger Russian: ??????´? ????´?????? ??´?????; 23 February 1929 – 5 December 2008) was the 15th Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. Elected Patriarch of Moscow eighteen months prior to the fall of the Soviet Union, he became the first Russian Patriarch of the post-Soviet period.