Athanasius, Metropolitan of Moscow
Athanasius (Russian: Афанасий; real name – Андрей, or Andrei) (early 16th century – 1570s) was the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' from March 1564 to May 1566. He was the eleventh metropolitan in Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as had been the norm.
Athanasius, Metropolitan of Moscow | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia | |
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
| See | Moscow |
| Installed | March 1564 |
| Term ended | May 1566 |
| Predecessor | Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow |
| Successor | Herman of Kazan and Svyazhsk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | early 16th century |
| Died | 1570s |
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