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Saint Alexius (Алексей or Aleksij in Russian) (before 1296–1378) was Metropolitan of Kiev and all Russia (from 1354) and presided over the Moscow government during Dmitrii Donskoi’s minority.Alexius whose name at birth was Elephtherios was a son of Fyodor (Theodore) Biakont a boyar from Chernigov who settled in Moscow and founded the great Pleshcheev boyar family. He took monastic vows at the Epiphany Monastery of Moscow around 1313 at which time he was given the religious name of Alexius.
