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

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Preceded by	Metropolitan of Kiev and All-Rus' 1069–1073	Succeeded by

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[eou-1] Heorhii, Metropolitan. Encyclopedia of Ukraine.

[eouhistory-2] History of the Ukrainian church. Encyclopedia of Ukraine.

[rulex-3] Georgiy (Metropolitan of Kiev) (Георгий (митрополит киевский)). rulex.ru

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