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).

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Preceded by
Metropolitan of Kiev and All-Rus'
10691073
Succeeded by
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