Word: nikodim
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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...risen steadily through the church hierarchy since entering a monastery at the age of 17. Knowledgeable observers think that he will have to maneuver so cautiously between the reformers and the government that the real power in the church will be wielded by Leningrad's Metropolitan Nikodim, 41, a better-known and articulate spokesman for Soviet policy in world ecumenical circles...