# Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

> The head of the Russian Orthodox Church since 2009, he has aligned the institution tightly with the Kremlin and called Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "Holy War" - drawing condemnation from clergy across the Orthodox world.

*21st-century primate of the Russian Orthodox Church*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/patriarch-kirill-of-moscow

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Russia
- **Born:** 1946-11-20
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev on 20 November 1946, he rose through the church as Archbishop and later Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, serving as Chairman of External Church Relations and a permanent Holy Synod member from 1989. He became Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' on 1 February 2009. A close ally of Vladimir Putin - whose father, according to Putin, baptized him - Kirill has called Putin's rule "a miracle of God" and steered the Russian Orthodox Church into tighter embrace with the Russian state. His relationship with Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the Ecumenical Patriarch, has grown tense. When Russia invaded Ukraine, Kirill lauded the war as a struggle against "forces of evil"; the World Russian People's Council under his leadership termed it a "Holy War." Bartholomew I said Kirill's support for Putin and the invasion damaged "the prestige of the whole of Orthodoxy."

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 61.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 27.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 80.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #195
- **Category rank:** #2

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/patriarchrussia (@patriarchrussia)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/patriarchkirill/ (@patriarchkirill)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/PatriarhKirill (@PatriarhKirill)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5915984/ (@nm5915984)

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #20th Century

## Timeline
- **2016** - Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class
- **2012** - Order of Bethlehem
- **2012** - Order of St. Mary Magdalene, 1st class
- **2011** - Order of Alexander Nevsky
- **2009** - Order of the Friendship of Peoples
- **1995** - Order of Friendship
- **1988** - Order of Friendship of Peoples
- **1946** - Born

## Sources
- [Cirilo I de Moscou](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirilo_I_de_Moscou)
- [Kirill van Moskou](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill_van_Moskou)
- [Cirillo I](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirillo_I)
- [基里尔 (莫斯科牧首)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%BA%E9%87%8C%E5%B0%94_(%E8%8E%AB%E6%96%AF%E7%A7%91%E7%89%A7%E9%A6%96))
- [キリル1世 (モスクワ総主教)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AB1%E4%B8%96_(%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AF%E7%B7%8F%E4%B8%BB%E6%95%99))
- [Кирилл (патриарх Московский)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9))
- [Cyryl I (patriarcha Moskwy)](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyryl_I_(patriarcha_Moskwy))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44187)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Kirill_of_Moscow)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Patriarch%20Kirill%20of%20Moscow)
- [Кірыл (Патрыярх Маскоўскі)](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BB_(%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%85_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96))
- [Кирил Московски](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [Ciril I de Moscou](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciril_I_de_Moscou)
- [Кирилл (Москохан Патриарх)](https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85))
- [Kirill (patriarcha moskevský)](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill_(patriarcha_moskevsk%C3%BD))
- [Kirill af Moskva](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill_af_Moskva)
- [Kyrill I.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrill_I.)
- [Πατριάρχης Μόσχας Κύριλλος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9C%CF%8C%CF%83%CF%87%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9A%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Cirilo la 1-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirilo_la_1-a)
- [Cirilo de Moscú](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirilo_de_Mosc%C3%BA)
- [Kirill](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill)
- [Zirilo I.a Moskukoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirilo_I.a_Moskukoa)
- [پاتریارک کیریل](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84)
- [Kirill](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill)
- [Cyrille de Moscou](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrille_de_Moscou)
- [Kirill fan Moskou](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill_fan_Moskou)
- [Ciríll (patrarc Mhoscó)](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cir%C3%ADll_(patrarc_Mhosc%C3%B3))
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vladimir_Michajlovi%C4%8D_Gun%C4%8Fajev)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patriarch_Kirill_of_Moscow)
- [Wikiquote](https://et.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kirill)

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