George of Kiev

George (Георгий in Russian, 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] George did not recognize the sanctity of the local martyrs, and four years after his appointment he returned to Byzantium.[2]

Metropolitan George is credited as author of polemical work "Struggle against the Latina" (Stiazanie s latinoiu)[1][3] in relation to the 1054 East–West Schism.

  1. ^ a b c d Heorhii, Metropolitan. Encyclopedia of Ukraine.
  2. ^ a b History of the Ukrainian church. Encyclopedia of Ukraine.
  3. ^ a b Georgiy (Metropolitan of Kiev) (Георгий (митрополит киевский)). rulex.ru