George of Kiev

George (died 1079) was an Eastern Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' ,[1] serving from 1069[2] to 1073.[3]

George was the seventh Byzantine church leader in Kievan Rus,[1] and he arrived to what is now Ukraine around 1062.[1] Because George would not recognize the sanctity of the local martyrs, four years after his appointment he returned to Byzantium.[2]

Metropolitan George is the author of polemical work "Struggle with the Latin Church" (Stiazanie s latinoiu)[1][3] in relation to the 1054 East–West Schism (see theological differences between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church).

References
  1. Heorhii, Metropolitan. Encyclopedia of Ukraine.
  2. History of the Ukrainian church. Encyclopedia of Ukraine.
  3. Georgiy (Metropolitan of Kiev) (Георгий (митрополит киевский)). rulex.ru
Preceded by
 Metropolitan of Kiev and All-Rus'
1069–1073		 Succeeded by
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