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
Metropolitans of Kiev and all Rus' in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople | |||||||||
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| Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' (988–1281) | |||||||||
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| Reunited Metropolis (1378–1441) | |||||||||
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| Parallel successions (1596–1805) |
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| Metropolis today |
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c Recognised by Rome alone; b Recognised by both Rome and Constantinople; u Not recognised by Constantinople | |||||||||