Patriarch Alexiy II

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-02-23

Deathday

2008-12-05 (79 years old)

Birth Name

Alexeï Mikhailovitch Ridiger

Birth Place

Tallinn, Estonia

Religion

Eastern Orthodox Church

Father

Mikhaïl Alexandrovitch Rüdiger

Citizenships

Soviet Union, Estonia, Russia

Awards

honorary doctor of Protestant Theological Faculty – Charles University, Order of the Cross of Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk, honorary citizen of Moscow, Order of Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy 1st Class, Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh 1st class, Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 1st class, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class, Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class, Grand Cross of the Order of Grand Duke Gediminas, Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar, Order of Sheikh-ul-Islam, Russian Award “The best books, publishing houses, projects”, honorary citizen of Veliky Novgorod, Order of St. Vladimir the Equal-to-the-Apostles (first class), Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Volodymyr the Great II Degree (ROC), Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude, Dostyk Order of grade I, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy, honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg, honorary citizen of Mordovia, honorary citizen of Karelia, Памятная медаль А. М. Горчакова, Order of St. Prince Vladimir, Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, Order of the Holy Apostle Saint Andrew the First-Called, Order of Alexius, Order of Glory and Honor, Order of the Republic, Order of the White Lotus, Order "Polar Star" (Yakutia), Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Order of Honor, Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Medal of Francysk Skaryna, Medal of Anatoly Koni, State Prize of the Russian Federation, Order of the Friendship of Peoples, Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Order of Francisc Skorina, Shohrat Order, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, National Order of the Cedar, Order of St. Andrew, Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, Order of the Three Stars, Order of Friendship of Peoples