What is Patriarch Alexius II?
{{Infobox Christian leader | honorific-prefix = | name = Alexy II | patriarch_of = Patriarch of [[Moscow]] and all [[Rus' (region)|Rus]] | honorific-suffix = | image = Blessed Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow.jpg | caption = | enthroned = 10 June 1990 | ended = 5 December 2008 | church = [[Russian Orthodox Church]] | see = Moscow | predecessor = [[Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow|Pimen I]] | successor = [[Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow|Kirill I]] | birth_name = Alexey Mikhailovich Ridiger | birth_date = 23 February 1929 | birth_place = [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2008|12|5|1929|2|23}} | death_place = [[Peredelkino]], [[Russia]] | buried = [[Elokhovo Cathedral|Epiphany Cathedral at Elokhovo]] | nationality = | religion = | residence = | parents = | spouse = Vera Alekseeva (1950–1951) | ordination=17 April 1950 | consecration=3 September 1961 | consecrated_by=[[Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad|Nikodim of Leningrad]] }} '''Patriarch Alexius II''' (23 February 1929&mdash;5 December 2008) was the 15th [[Patriarch]] [[Patriarch of Moscow|of Moscow]] and the [[Primate (religion)|primate]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexius 2}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2008 deaths]] [[Category:Patriarchs of Moscow]] [[Category:Estonian people]]