Pimen (Russian Пи́мен, Пими́н) ( — shepherd) is a Greek male given name. Used by Russian Orthodox church monastics.
It may refer to:
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Pimen, Metropolitan of Moscow
Pimen (, ''Pimen''; known as Pimen the Greek, , ''Pimen Grek'') was the Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' from June 1380 until he was deposed in 1384. At the same time, Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev was alive and claimed the same title.
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, aka Pimen the Greek, Metropolitan of Moscow from 1382-1384
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Patriarch Pimen I, (1910 – 1990), 14th Patriarch of Moscow and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church
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Pimen Orlov (1812 — 1865) was a Russian painter
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Poemen
Abba Poemen the Great (Greek: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ποιμήν; ποιμήν means "shepherd") (c. 340–450) was a Christian monk and early Desert Father who is the most quoted Abba (Father) in the '' Apophthegmata Patrum'' (''Sayings of the Desert ...
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