Patriarch Pitirim of Moscow

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Patriarch Pitirim of Moscow
Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus'
Church	Russian Orthodox Church
See	Moscow
Installed	1672
Term ended	1673
Predecessor	Patriarch Joasaphus II of Moscow
Successor	Patriarch Joachim of Moscow
Personal details
Died	19 April 1673

Pitirim of Krutitsy (

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over him. Only after the latter's death in 1672, Pitirim was appointed patriarch and remained on this post until his death a year later.

Prior to being named Metropolitan of Krutitsy, he had been Metropolitan of Novgorod for almost eight years (6 August 1664 – 7 July 1672).^[1]

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Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Joasaphus II	Patriarch of Moscow 1672–1673	Succeeded by Joachim