Lineage of the Holy Russian Orthodox Church
Historical List of Patriarchs and Guardians of the Patriarchate of the Russian Church
The Church of Constantinople 1. St. Andrew the Apostle 27 (founded 38AD)
2. Stachys the Apostle 38-54 (First Bishop of Constantinople) 3. Onesimus 54-68 4. Polycarpus I 69-89 5. Plutarch 89-105 6. Sedecion 105-114 7. Diogenes 114-129 8. Eleutherius 129-136 9. Felix 136-141 10. Polycarpus II 141-144 11. Athendodorus 144-148 12. Euzois 148-154 13. Laurence 154-166 14. Alypius 166-169 15. Pertinax 169-187 16. Olympians 187-198 17. Mark I 198-211 18. Philadelphus 211-217 19. Ciriacus I 217-230 20. Castinus 230-237 21. Eugenius I 237-242 22. Titus 242-272 23. Dometius 272-284 24. Rufinus I 284-293 25. Provos 293-306 26. Metrophanes I 306-314 27. Alexander 314-337 28. Paul I the Confessor 337-339, 341-342, 346-351 29. Eusebius of Nicomedia 339-341 30. Macedonius I 342-346, 351-360 31. Eudoxius of Antioch 360-370 32. Demophilus 370-379 33. Euagrius 379 34. Maximus 380 35. Gregory I the Theologian 379-381 (First Archbishop of Constantinople) 36. Nectarius 381-397 37. John I Chrysostom 398-404
38. Arsacius of Tarsus 404-405 39. Atticus 406-425 40. Sisinius I 426-427 41. Nestorius 428-431 42. Maximianus 431-434 43. Proclus 434-446 44. Phlabianus 446-449 45. Anatolius 449-458 (First Patriarch of Constantinople) 46. Gennadius I 458-471 47. Acacius 471-488 48. Phrabitas (Fravitas) 488-449 49. Euphemius 489-495 50. Macedonus II 495-511 51. Timotheus I 511-518 52. John II of Cappadocia 518-520 53. Epiphanius 520-535 54. Anthimus I 535-536 55. Menas 536-552 56. Eutychius 552-565, 577-582 57. John III Scholasticus 565-577 58. John IV Nesteutes 582-595 59. Cyriacus 596-606 60. Thomas I 607-610 61. Sergius I 610-638 62. Pyrrhus I 638-641, 654 63. Paul II 641-653 64. Peter 654-666 65. Thomas II 667-669 66. John V 669-675 67. Constantine I 675-677 68. Theodore I 677-679 69. George I 679-686 70. Paul III 687-693 71. Callinicus I 693-705 72. Cyrus 705-711 73. John VI 712-715 74. Germanus I the Confessor 715-730 75. Anastasius 730-754 76. Constantine II 754-766 77. Nicetas the Slav766-780 78. Paul IV 780-784 79. Tarasius 784-806 80. Nicephorus I 806-815 81. Theodotus I Melissenos 815-821 82. Antony I Kasymatas 821-836 83. John VII Grammaticus 836-843 84. Methodius I the Confessor 843-847 85. Ignatius I the Prince 847-858, 867-877 86. Photius I the Great 858-867, 877-886 87. Stephanus I the Prince 886-893 88. Antony II Kavleas 893-901 89. Nicholas I Mysticus 901-907, 912-925 90. Euthymius I 907-912 91. Stephanus II 925-928 92. Tryphon 928-931 93. Theophylactus, Lakapenos the Princeling 933-956 94. Polyeuctus 956-970 95. Basil I Skamandrenus also Vasilios I 970-974 96. Antony III Skandalios 974-980 97. Nicholas II Chrysoberges 984-996 Period during which the Metropolitans resided at Kiev
98. Leo Michael, the Syrian 991-1004
99. Leontius 1004-1015 100. John I 1015-1037 101. Theopemptus 1037-1051 102. Hilarion 1051- ? 103. George 1072-1080 104. John II 1080-1096 105. John III 1096-1098 106. Ephraim 1096-1098 107. Nicolas 1098-1108 108. Nicephorus I 1108-1124 109. Nicetas 1124-1127 110. Micahel II 1127-1147 111. Clement 1147-1154 112. Constantine 1154-1160 113. Theodore 1160-1164 114. John IV 1164-1167 115. Constantine II 1167-1185 116. Nicephorus II 1185-1201 117. Matthew 1201-1205 118. Cyril I 1205-1237 119. Joseph 1237-1240 Period during which the Metropolitans resided at Vladimir
120. Cyril II 1240-1281
121. Maximus 1283-1305 122. Peter 1305-1328 Period during which the Metropolitans resided at Moscow
123. Theognostes 1328-1352
124. Alexis 1254-1378 125. Cyprian 1381-1407 126. Photius 1408-1431 127. Isodore 1436-1441 128. Jonah 1448-1461 129. Theodosius 1462-1467 130. Phillip I 1467-1472 131. Gerontius 1472-1491 132. Zosimus 1491-1496 133. Simon 1495-1510 134. Barlaam 1511-1521 135. Daniel 1522-1539 136. Joasaph 1539-1542 137. Macarius 1542-1563 138. Athanasius 1564-1565 139. Phillip 1565-1568 140. Cyril III 1568-1572 141. Anthony 1572-1581 142. Dionysius 1582-1587 The Patriarchs of Moscow
143. Job 1589-1605
144. Hermongenes 1606-1612 145. Philaret 1619-1633 146. Joasaph I 1633-1641 147. Joseph 1642-1653 148. Nicon 1653-1667 149. Joasaph II 1667-1672 150. Pitrim 1672-1673 151. Joachim 1674-1690 152. Adrian 1690-1700 Removal of the Patriarchate by Tsar Peter the Great
153. Metropolitan Stephen (Yavorsky), of Rostov, Guardian of the Patriarchate 1700-1721
154. The Most Holy Synod 1721-1918 (the hierarchical structure of the Church of Russia was modified so as to replace the Patriarchate with the authority of the Holy Synod of Bishops.)
Patriarchate restored under St. Tikhon (1917-1925)
154. Metropolitan Nikon of Moscow in Moscow, Russia who in 1901 consecrated:
155. Ivan Nikolaevich Stragorodskij, Metropolitan of Nizhni-Novgorod, afterward Sergij (Patriarch Sergius I), Patriarch of Moscow. In 1918, at Harbin, Russia, (or Irkutsk, in 1917) under a “Canon of Necessity,” he consecrated:
| Our Bishop-to-Bishop Line from the Last Patriarchal Consecration pertaining to our Succession 156. Henry Joseph Kleefish, who on July 29, 1946, consecrated:
157. Odo Acheson Barry, Mar Columba, who on July 17, 1955, consecrated:
158. Hugh George de Willmott Newman, Mar Georgius I, who on July 6, 1956, consecrated: 159. Charles Dennis Boltwood, who on October 16,1966, consecrated:
160. Albert J. Fuge, who of May 27, 1972, consecrated:
161. John Lawrence Brown, who on December 31,1973, consecrated:
162. Donald Lawrence Jolly, who on March 16, 1980, consecrated:
163. Robert Vincent Bernard Dawe, who on October 18, 1981, consecrated:
164. Francis Thome-Coley, who on August 20,1998, consecrated:
165. Lee Allen Petersen, who on April 26, 2009 consecrated:
166. Mansell Christian Gilmore, who on January 30, 2011 consecrated:
167. Bryan D. Ouellette, Ph.D., consecrated on 1.30.2011, in ecclesia, Nicholas III, Patriarch, by acclamation and fiat, Holy Nicholean Catholic Church, Patriarch, by election and acclamation, Holy Imperial Russian Orthodox Church in exile.
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