The most Saint Patriarch Alexy II (in the world Alexey Mikhaylovich Ridiger) was born on February 23, 1929 in the city of Tallinn (Estonia) in deeply believing family. It, the father Mikhail Aleksandrovich Ridiger († 1962), the native of St. Petersburg, was trained in school of jurisprudence, ended a gymnasium in emigration in Estonia, in 1940 ended three-year Theological courses in Tallinn and was imposed in the deacon, and then in the priest; within 16 years was a prior Tallinn Christmas of the Virgin of Kazanskaya Church, consisted the member, and later and the chairman of diocesan council. Mother of the Most Saint Patriarch is Elena Iosifovna Pisareva (†1959)...