Pitirim of Krutitsy (russian: Питирим Крутицкий; died April 1673) was the ninth

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia The Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (russian: Патриарх Московский и всея Руси, translit=Patriarkh Moskovskij i vseja Rusi), also known as the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, is the official title of the Bishop of Mo ...

. When

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held the post of

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, Pitirim was a metropolitan of

Krutitsy Krutitsy Metochion (russian: Крути́цкое подворье), full name: Krutitsy Patriarchal Metochion (russian: Крутицкое Патриаршее подворье) is an operating ecclesiastical estate of Russian Orthodox Churc ...

. When Nikon willfully left the

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, Pitirim became his deputy and acted on his own as a real patriarch without even dealing with Nikon. When an

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gathered for hearing of Nikon's case, Pitirim was one of his most bitter opponents and accusers, probably, hoping to fill his post after his official deposition. Pitirim didn't succeed, however, because the council chose

Joasaphus II Joasaph II (russian: Иоасаф II (Новоторжец), ''Joasaph of Novy Torg'') was Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' from 1667 until his death five years and one day later in 1672. Joasaph was archimandrite of the Rozhdestvenskii (Nativit ...

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).Pavel Tikhomirov, ''Kafedra Novgorodskikh Sviatitelei'' (Novgorod, 1895), Vol. 2.

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{{s-end Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow 1673 deaths 17th-century Russian clergy Year of birth unknown