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Sergius

Russian theologian and patriarch
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Also known as: Ivan Nikolayevich Stragorodsky
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Russian:
Sergy
Original name:
Ivan Nikolayevich Stragorodsky
Born:
Jan. 23, 1867, Arzamas, Novgorod region, Russia
Died:
May 15, 1944, Moscow (aged 77)
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Sergius (born Jan. 23, 1867, Arzamas, Novgorod region, Russia—died May 15, 1944, Moscow) was a theologian and patriarch of Moscow and the Russian Orthodox church who, by his leadership in rallying the church membership in a united effort with the Soviet government to repel the German invasion of 1941, obtained substantial advantages for the church in the postwar period. The son of an Orthodox priest, Ivan Stragorodsky became a monk after his theological studies, taking the name Sergius, and was nominated successively to several bishoprics, including Finland in 1905 and Nizhny Novgorod, where he became metropolitan, or archbishop, in 1917. ...(100 of 326 words)

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