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'''Patriarch Pimen I''' (Russian: Пимен I), born '''Sergey Mikhailovich Izvekov''' ([[July 23]], 1910 - [[May 3]], 1990), was the 15th [[Patriarch of Moscow]] and the head of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]].
He was born in the town of Bogorodsk near Moscow. In 1925, Pimen Izverkov became a [[monk]] at Bogoyavlensky Monastery in Moscow. He also spent years in various Russian [[monastery|monasteries]] and [[cathedral]]s in Murom, Odessa and [[Pskov]]. In 1954, Pimen became head of [[Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra]].
On [[November 14]], 1961 he was appointed [[Metropolitan]] of Leningrad and Ladoga. After the death of [[Alexei I (Simansky) of Moscow|Patriarch Alexei I]] [[Metropolitan]] Pimen was elected Patriarch Pimen of Moscow and all of Russia in 1971.