Joasaph II (russian: Иоасаф II (Новоторжец), ''Joasaph of Novy Torg'') was

Patriarch of Moscow The Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (russian: Патриарх Московский и всея Руси, translit=Patriarkh Moskovskij i vseja Rusi), also known as the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, is the official title of the Bishop of Mo ...

and All Rus' from 1667 until his death five years and one day later in 1672. Joasaph was

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of the Rozhdestvenskii (Nativity) Monastery in

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from 1654 to April 25, 1656, when he was named archimandrite of the

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. In 1666, he was a member of the court that tried

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and

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him, although it also approved his reforms that had led to the

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. On February 10, 1667, Joasaph was elected patriarch. He died February 11, 1672 and is buried in the Dormition Cathedral in the

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.Makarii (Bulgakov), ''Istoriia russkoi tserkvi'' (Moscow) vol. XII, pp. 760-792.

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Joasaph's biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joasaphus 2 Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow Burials at Dormition Cathedral, Moscow 17th-century Russian clergy 1672 deaths 17th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops Year of birth unknown Archimandrites