Patriarch Sergius of Moscow
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Patriarch Sergius I was the 12th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', from September 8, 1943 until his death on May 15, 1944. He was also the de facto head of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1925–1943
Sergius in 1943
A Leaflet with text of the Declaration
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow
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Tikhon of Moscow, born Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin, was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. On 5 November 1917 he was selected the 11th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, after a period of about 2
Patriarch Sergius of Moscow
…became a member of the Most Holy Synod. He was transferred to the see of Vladimir and Shuya on August 10, 1917, and on November 28 of the same year, Patriarch Tikhon elevated him to the rank of Metropolitan of Vladimir. In January 1921, the Bolsheviks arrested Metropolitan Sergius; after several months in Moscow's…
Official portrait, 1918
The consecration of Reginald Heber Weller as an Anglican bishop at St. Paul's Cathedral in the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, with Anthony Kozlowski of the Polish National Catholic Church and Tikhon of Moscow (along with his chaplains John Kochurov and Sevastijan Dabović) of the Russian Orthodox Church present[citation needed]
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow near Donskoy Monastery, July 1923
Icon with reliquary of Saint Tikhon of Moscow in the Katholikon of the Monastery of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk in South Canaan, Pennsylvania