Patriarch Joseph of Moscow
Joseph (Russian: Иосиф; secular name Ignaty Dyakov, Russian: Игнатий Дьяков; died 15 April 1652) was the sixth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, elected after an unusual one and a half year break.
Joseph | |
|---|---|
| Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus' | |
Patriarch Joseph, a 19th-century hand-drawn lubok | |
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
| See | Moscow |
| Installed | 27 March 1642 |
| Term ended | 15 April 1652 |
| Predecessor | Joasaphus I |
| Successor | Nikon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ignaty Dyakov unknown |
| Died | 15 April 1652 |
| Buried | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow |
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