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Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev is the secular name of Kiril, the patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia, a well-known figure not only inside Russia and often coveted by the media for the contradictions it has created. Kiril was born in November 1946 into a religious family, and in his 20 ' s, he engaged in [...] life.
Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev is the secular name of Kiril, the patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia, a well-known figure not only inside Russia and often coveted by the media for the contradictions it has created.
Kiril was born in November 1946 to a religious family, and in his 20 ' s, he engaged in church life by climbing the steps of her hierarchy, but only after the years ' s would his fame rise.
Before becoming the patriarch in February 2009, Kiril served as Archbishop and later the Smolensk and Kalinigrad Metropolitan, as well as the head of the Orthodox Church Department for Foreign Relations, Tch reports.
Kiril also caused the first controversy after he received the nickname “Tobacco Metropolitan” and was accused by the media of winning millions by exploiting the right given to the church to import duty-free cigarettes in the years BAR90s, nothing proved to date.
Kiril faced a severe confrontation with the conservative wing of the Russian Orthodox Church, who was accused of approaching the Catholic Church, yet in 2016 he became the first Russian church patriarch to meet with a pope, exactly Pope Francescu.
On cultural and social issues, the church under Kirilide has co-operated a lot with the Russian state of Vladimir Putin, and Kiril has supported expanding Russian power to Crime and Eastern Ukraine.
One of Kiril's best - known comments is that of human rights, which he named heresy and contrary to the Bible, although he did not explain what human rights he opposed.











