His Holiness Patriarch Kirill's 70th birthday

On November 20, 2016 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia turns seventy years old. For this day the photo department and editorial board of the patriarchal press service has prepared an album of photos of his relatives and photos showing the life and service of the sixteenth patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church throughout more than half a century.
Materials from the archives of the press service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, the St. Petersburg Spiritual Academy, and the Smolensk and Kaliningrad Diocese have been used.

Fr. Michael Gundyaev, his son Volodya—the future Patriarch Kirill, abbess Angelina (Athanasieva) of the Pukhtista Monastery, daughter Lena, Matushka Raisa. 1950s.

Vasily Stepanovich Gundyaev. Prison photo. 1929.

Michael Vasilievich Gundyaev. Prison photo. 1934.

The patriarch’s parents Michael Vasilievich and Raisa Vladimirovna Gudnyaev. 1938.

The patriarch’s grandfather Fr. Vasily Gundyaev with his wife Paraskeva Ivanovna at the cemetery in the village of Obrochnoe. 1960s.

Fr. Vasily Gundyaev and Archpriest Michael Gundyaev. 1960s.

The future patriarch, Vladimir Gundyaev. 1960s.

The future Patriarch Kirill, subdeacon of Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad and Novgorod. 1960s.

Ceremonial proceeding, dedicated to the 27th anniversary of the Leningrad Spiritual Academy. 1973.

Archimandrite Kirill of Vyborg, rector of the Leningrad Spiritual Academy. 1970s.

Church of the Holy Apostle John the Theologian at the Leningrad Spiritual Academy. 1970s.

With Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov). 1970s.

Pascha in the Church of the Holy Apostle John the Theologian at the Leningrad Spiritual Academy. 1970s.

With alumni of the music department. Leningrad. 1970s.

Meeting of a foreign delegation at the Leningrad Spiritual Academy. 1970s.

Kaliningrad. 1980s.

Homily at Dormition Cathedral in Smolensk. 1980s.

Celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus in the Smolensk Diocese. 1988.

At an Orthodox school in Smolensk. 1990s.

During the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Alexei II to the Holy Land. May 1992.

During the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Alexei II to the Holy Land. May 1992.

During the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Alexeii II to Japan. May 2000.

Ceremony for awarding the title “Honorary Citizen of the City of Kaliningrad” to Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad. Kaliningrad. November 19, 2006.

Visit to an Orthodox Church in Kaliningrad. July 21, 2008.

Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. Moscow, Christ the Savior Cathedral. January 27, 2009.

Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. Election of Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad to the patriarchal throne. Moscow, Christ the Savior Cathedral. January 27, 2009.

Pascha. Moscow, Christ the Savior Cathedral. April 24, 2011.

Cross procession with the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God. Kursk. September 23, 2009.

Visit to Mordovia. July 22, 2011.

Moleben before the reliquary with the Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport. November 28, 2011.

Visit to the Katyn memorial complex. Smolensk region. July 2012.

Meeting with flood victims in Krymsk. July 23, 2012.

With the oldest clergy of the Chinese Orthodox Church. Shanghai, China. May 15, 2013.

Mt. Athos, Xilourgou Skete. June 6, 2013.

1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus. With primates and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches before the Moleben on Vladimir Hill in Kiev. July 27, 2013.

Consecration of the floating chapel-lighthouse at the confluence of the Irtysh and Ob rivers, Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous region. September 19, 2013.

Visit to the Kazan Church in Vyritsa on the 65th anniversary of the repose of St. Seraphim of Vyritsa. April 3, 2014.

Divine Liturgy with Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria in the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg. May 29, 2014.

Celebration of the 700th anniversary of St. Sergius of Radonezh. Cross procession from Khotkovo to Sergiev Posad. July 16, 2014.

Service in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral. May 24, 2015.

Ordination to the priesthood in Smolensk’s Dormition Cathedral. August 30, 2015.

Cross procession from Moscow Kremlin to Visoko-Petrovsky Monastery. September 6, 2015.

Antarctica, Island of Waterloo. February 17, 2016.

Visit to the reindeer brigade. Kanchalan, Anadyr region, Chukotka autonomous region. September 7, 2016.

Visit to the reindeer brigade. Kanchalan, Anadyr region, Chukotka autonomous region. September 7, 2016.

Consecration of Dormition Cathedral in the Sourozh Diocese. London. October 16, 2016.

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