RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Patriarch Nikon of Moscow

1605 - 1681

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Nikon (Russian: Ни́кон, Old spelling: Нїконъ), born Nikita Minin (Никита Минин; 7 May 1605 – 17 August 1681) was the seventh Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' of the Russian Orthodox Church, serving officially from 1652 to 1666. He was renowned for his eloquence, energy, piety and close ties to Tsar Alexis of Russia. Nikon introduced many reforms, including liturgical reforms that were unpopular among conservatives. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patriarch Nikon of Moscow has received more than 206,210 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Patriarch Nikon of Moscow is the 732nd most popular religious figure (up from 746th in 2019), the 268th most popular biography from Russia (up from 302nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Religious Figure.

Patriarch Nikon of Moscow was most famous for his reforms that attempted to bring the Russian Orthodox Church in line with the practices of the Greek Orthodox Church.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow ranks 732 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Adrian IV, Pope Leo VIII, Saint Eligius, Maron, Antipope Anacletus II, and Mahavatar Babaji. After him are Sun Myung Moon, Frances of Rome, Therese Neumann, Martin Bucer, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, and Haran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1605, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow ranks 5. Before him are Philip IV of Spain, Tianqi Emperor, Fatma Sultan, and Gevherhan Sultan. After him are Giacomo Carissimi, Şehzade Mehmed, Adriaen Brouwer, Ayşe Sultan, Semyon Dezhnev, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, and Thomas Browne. Among people deceased in 1681, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow ranks 3. Before him are Pedro Calderón de la Barca, and Gerard ter Borch. After him are Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Jahanara Begum, Zheng Jing, Justus Sustermans, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow ranks 268 out of 3,761. Before him are Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (1553), Nikolai Yudenich (1862), Mykola Azarov (1947), Natalia Goncharova (1881), Vitaly Ginzburg (1916), and Alexander Litvinenko (1962). After him are Nikita Mikhalkov (1945), Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (1855), Yermak Timofeyevich (1532), Lyudmila Putina (1958), Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895), and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow ranks 5. Before him are Vladimir the Great (958), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899), Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (1946), and Seraphim of Sarov (1754). After him are 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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