biography
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Nikodim, Boris Georgyevich Rotov
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pronunciation:
[nikohdeem]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1928–78)
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| biography:
| Orthodox clergyman, and metropolitan of Leningrad, born in Frolovo, SW Russia. He entered the Orthodox monastery at Ryazan, and assumed the name of Nikodim when made deacon in 1947. He combined parochial work with studies at Leningrad, and was archimandrite in charge of the Russian Orthodox Mission in Jerusalem. In 1960 he became Bishop of Podolsk and head of foreign relations of the Russian Church, which he led into the World Council of Churches amid great acclaim in 1961. At the age of 34, he was appointed metropolitan, and became known at ecumenical meetings all over the world. He collapsed and died during an audience with Pope John Paul I in the Vatican. |
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