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Russian Orthodox Church Leader to be announced · 2009-01-27 12:38
The Russian Orthodox Church is electing a new Patriarch for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The previous Patriarch Alexy II died last year at the age of 79.
The Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church is opening today in Moscow in order to announce the name of the Patriarch on January, 27-29.
Earlier senior members of the Russian Orthodox Church met at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow on January, 25-26, and drew up a shortlist of three candidates, RIA Novosti reports.
The shortlist included the interim Patriarch and Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Kirill, the Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsk, Kliment, and the Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Filaret.
Metropolitan Kirill is believed as the most likely candidate to become the next Patriarch.
According to The Moscow Times, observers say Kirill, 62, is a shrewd political operator who has been careful not to appear too liberal for fear of alienating traditionalists in the church whose support he may need to win election as Patriarch.
The new Patriarch will lead a church of about 165 million believers worldwide and determine whether to repair ties with the Catholic Church.
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