Joasaph II (, Joasaph of Novy Torg) was Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' from 1667 until his death five years and one day later in 1672.

Joasaph was archimandrite of the Rozhdestvenskii (Nativity) Monastery in Vladimir from 1654 to April 25, 1656, when he was named archimandrite of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. In 1666, he was a member of the court that tried Patriarch Nikon and deposed him, although it also approved his reforms that had led to the Old Believer Schism.

Patriarch Joasaphus II of Moscow

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

Patriarch Joasaphus II of Moscow

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Joasaph's biography

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

Patriarch Joasaphus II of Moscow