Patriarch Sergius (Russian: Патриарх Сергий born Ivan Nikolayevich Stragorodsky Иван Николаевич Страгородский; January 23 [O.S. January 11] 1867 – May 15 1944) was the 12th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus’ from September 8 1943 until his death. He was also the de facto head of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1925-1943 firstly as deputy Patriarchal locum tenens (1925-1937) subsequently as Patriarchal locum tenens (1937-1943).
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