List of Metropolitans of Kiev
| Metropolitan of Kiev | |
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| Residence | Saint Sophia's Cathedral |
| Seat | Kiev, Ruthenia |
| Appointer | Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople |
| Formation | 988 |
| First holder | Michael I |
| Final holder | Maximus |
| Abolished | 1299 |
| Succession | Metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow (Vladimir) |
| Metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow (Vladimir) and all Russia | |
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| Seat | Moscow, Grand Duchy of Moscow |
| Appointer | Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople |
| Precursor | Metropolitan of Kiev |
| Formation | 1299 |
| First holder | Maximus |
| Final holder | Isidore |
| Abolished | 1441 |
| Succession | Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia Patriarch (Metropolitan) of Moscow and all Russia |
| Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Russia | |
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| Seat | Vilnius, Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
| Appointer | Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople |
| Precursor |
Metropolitan of Halych (Lithuania) Metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow and all Russia |
| Formation | 1458 |
| First holder | Gregory |
| Final holder | Michael |
| Abolished | 1595 |
| Succession |
Ruthenian Uniate Church Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Russia |
| Metropolitan (Archbishop) of Kiev, Galicia (and all Little Russia) | |
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| Seat | Kiev, Kiev Governorate (Cossack Hetmanate) |
| Appointer | Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia |
| Precursor | Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Russia, Exarch of Ukraine |
| Formation | 1685 |
| First holder | Gedeon |
| Final holder | Anthony |
| Abolished | 1919 |
| Succession | Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia, Exarch of Ukraine Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church |
| Metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine (Metropolitans of Kiev and Galicia, Exarch of Ukraine) | |
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| Seat | Kiev, Ukraine (Ukrainian SSR) |
| Appointer | Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia |
| Precursor | Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Russia, Exarch of Ukraine |
| Formation | 1921 |
| First holder | Michael |
This list contains the names of all the Eastern Orthodox hierarchs whose title contains a reference to the city of Kiev (except those of the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church who never styled themselves as either metropolitans or patriarchs in Kiev), arranged chronologically and grouped as per the jurisdictions, some of them unrecognised.
The history of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as other Eastern Orthodox Church bodies in existence in modern Ukraine, is usually traced to the Baptism of Rus' at Kiev, the date of which is commonly given as 988; however, the evidence surrounding this event is contested (see Christianisation of Kievan Rus').
The church (Ancient Greek: Ρωσική Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία, Rhousike Orthodoxe Ekklesia) was established and governed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in Kievan Rus (or Ruthenia) until invasion of Mogols and eventual partition between Grand Duchy of Lithnia, Kingdom of Hungary, and Ulus of Jochi (Golden Horde) with its vassal Grand Duchy of Moscow. At first it led to succession of Muscovite dioceses into its own Metropolis and although it was not recognized in the beginning eventually it turned into Patriarchate. Later the dioceses that were under the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were reorganized within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and as part of the Polonization process eventually joined the Union of Brest coming under communion with the Pope of Rome. The Eparchy of Mukachevo that was under the Kingdom of Hungary became one of the longest surviving dioceses of Eastern Orthodoxy in the west until it also was Catholisized though the Union of Uzhhorod.
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