Alexy II | The Iron Patriarch

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Patriarch Alexy II, who led the Russian Orthodox Church from 1990 until his death in 2008, presided over the revival of his faith in post-Soviet Russia. As the first Russian patriarch to travel widely abroad and engage with religious leaders from other faiths, Alexy sought to raise the profile of Orthodoxy globally. However, his patriarchate […]