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Metropolitan Nikodim (secular name Boris Georgiyevich Rotov, (ロシア語:Борис Георгиевич Ротов), 15 October 1929 – 5 September 1978),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Nikodim (Rotov) (1929–1978), Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod 1963–1978 )〕 was the Russian Orthodox metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod from 1963 until his death. He was born in Frolovo in southwest Russia. According to the Mitrokhin Archive, which claimed deep Communist penetration of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Nikodim was a KGB agent, working under the codename "Adamant", whose ecumenical activity with the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches (WCC) served to further Soviet goals. Ordained in 1960 at the age of 31, the youngest bishop in the Christian world at the time, he would go on to become one of the WCC's six presidents.〔Weigel, George. ''The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II – The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy.'' New York: Doubleday, 2010. pg. 60. cf. pg. 90, 99; Andrew, Christopher and Mitrokhin, Vasili. ''The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB.'' New York: Basic Books, 2001. pg. 487.〕 Metropolitan Nikodim is said to have participated in negotiating a secret 1960s agreement between Soviet and Vatican officials that authorized Eastern Orthodox participation in the Second Vatican Council in exchange for non-condemnation of atheistic communism during the conciliar assemblies.〔Chiron, Yves, ''Paul VI: Le pape écartelé'', Perrin, Paris, 1993 ISBN 2-262-00952-X p. 186 and 246〕〔Interview with Paul-Joseph Schmitt, Archbishop of Metz, in Le Lorrain, 9 March 1963 〕 He collapsed and died in 1978 while in Rome for the installation of Pope John Paul I. The new pope, who would himself die a few weeks later, prayed over him in his final moments. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nikodim (Rotov)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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