RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

1946 - Today

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Kirill or Cyril (Russian: Кирилл, Church Slavonic: Ст҃ѣ́йшїй патрїа́рхъ Кѷрі́ллъ, secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, Russian: Владимир Михайлович Гундяев; born 20 November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop. He became Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church on 1 February 2009. Prior to becoming Patriarch, Kirill was Archbishop (later Metropolitan) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, and also Chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church's Department for External Church Relations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow has received more than 1,466,201 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is the 555th most popular religious figure (up from 636th in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 217th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Religious Figure.

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is most famous for his role as the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow ranks 555 out of 3,187. Before him are Meritaten, William Laud, Saint Timothy, Truganini, Pope Telesphorus, and Josemaría Escrivá. After him are Pope John XIII, Ludmila of Bohemia, Paul the Deacon, Pope Victor II, Eric IX of Sweden, and Ali al-Hadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow ranks 49. Before him are Masoud Barzani, Isaias Afwerki, Boris Berezovsky, Arrigo Sacchi, Talia Shire, and Liza Minnelli. After him are André the Giant, Jang Song-thaek, Bob Beamon, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Marina Abramović, and Charles Dance.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow ranks 173 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708), Alexei Navalny (1976), Vladimir Vernadsky (1863), Johannes Blaskowitz (1883), Alexei Leonov (1934), and Pavel Cherenkov (1904). After him are Öz Beg Khan (1282), Andrey Vlasov (1901), Yakov Sverdlov (1885), Witold Pilecki (1901), Felix Yusupov (1887), and Sergei Diaghilev (1872).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow ranks 3. Before him are Vladimir the Great (958), and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899). After him are Seraphim of Sarov (1754), Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (1605), Eugen Sandow (1867), Ilia II of Georgia (1933), Sergius of Radonezh (1314), Avvakum (1620), Basil Fool for Christ (1468), Nadezhda von Meck (1831), and Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865).

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