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# Rehabilitation of Metropolitan Joseph (Chernov) of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan (1893-1975), accused after the war of collaborating with the occupiers, has recently been revoked
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/nedavno-otmenena-reabilitatsiia-mitropolita-alma-atinskogo-i-kazakhstanskogo-iosifa-chernova-1893-1975-obvinennogo-posle-voiny-v-posobnichestve-okkupantam-2/
- Published: 2026-04-12T14:14:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:26:19.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Almaty, Faith, Society, People

Metropolitan Joseph was a man whom many tipped as Patriarch of All Russia after the death of Alexy I. He is also the author of the legendary retort to the remark that Yuri Gagarin had flown into space and not seen God, which ran as follows:

> Yuri Gagarin did not see God… but God saw him! And blessed him!