predecessor successor patriarch_of death_date birth_place buried profession see birth_date image article_title name church
joachim stefan yavorsky '' ' '' coadjutor '' '' ' patriarch of moscow and all the rus ' october 16 , 1700 moscow , russia dormition cathadrel , moscow kremlin civil servant , tsardom of russia moscow october 2 , 1623 patriarkh adrian.jpg patriarch adrian of moscow
 adrian -lrb- russian : Адриан -rrb- russian orthodox church
patriarch adrian of moscow

patriarch adrian -lrb- ; born andrey , Андрей ; 2 october 1627 -- 16 october 1700 -rrb- was the last pre-revolutionary patriarch of moscow and all russia .
adrian caught the eye of patriarch joachim , when he was still an archmandrite at chudov monastery .
in 1686 , joachim appointed him metropolitan of kazan and sviyazhsk .
on august 24 , 1690 , adrian was chosen to replace joachim on his post .
patriarch adrian was a staunch adherent of traditional norms and opposed peter the great 's reforms -lrb- e.g. , he criticized peter 's decree on mandatory shaving of beards -rrb- .
adrian 's relations with the tsar were tense ; however , he had to accept some of peter 's criticism about deficiencies in management of the russian orthodox church .
