Contemporaries
Patriarch Nikon
Church reform
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- 1652–1666
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', who began revising liturgical books and rites according to Greek models. A conflict with the tsar led to his departure from Moscow in 1658 and deposition in 1666. The reforms continued and caused a lasting schism in the Church.
- Lifetime
- 1605–1681
- Patriarchal title
- 1652–1666; effectively ceased to govern in 1658