Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
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Patriarch Alexy II was the 15th Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Alexy II in 1995
Alexy, in the Kremlin Cathedral of the Annunciation, presents Vladimir Putin with an icon of Saint Alexander Nevsky at the latter's presidential inauguration on 7 May 2000.
Modern fresco of the Donskoi Monastery, representing Alexy II bringing the relics of Patriarch Tikhon into the monastery.
Alexy II speaking to Orthodox believers in Pereslavl (1997)
The Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church is an Orthodox church in Estonia under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Under Estonian law it is the legal successor to the
Saint Catherine's Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Võru.
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2744 x 2900 pixels 3.1 MB