21st-century primate of the Russian Orthodox Church
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People connected to 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.
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 Patri…
Sourced, dated quotes from Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
Go bravely to fulfill your military duty. And remember that if you lay down your life for your country, you will be with God in his kingdom, glory and eternal life.
Russia has never attacked anyone.
Forgiveness without justice is capitulation and weakness.
Pride parades are designed to demonstrate that sin is one variation of human behavior. That's why in order to join the club of those countries, you have to have a gay pride parade.
We currently do not have a hot-button issue that would make societal interests collide and produce deep, irreconcilable contradictions. I believe it is the grace of God.
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