Gedeon Chetvertinsky
Gedeon Svyatopolk-Chetvertinsky (Ukrainian: Гедеон (Святополк-Четвертинський), Hedeon (Svyatopolk-Chetvertynskyi)) was a Ruthenian prince and religious figure and Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus'. He became the first Metropolitan of Kiev of the Russian Orthodox Church with help of the Hetman of Zaporizhian Host Ivan Samoylovych.
Mitropolitan Gedeon, portrait 17th century
Gedeon was born as Hryhoriy to starosta of Racibórz Zachary Svyatopolk-Chetvertynsky and Regina Chrenicka in Volhynian Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
From 1660 to 1684 he was a bishop of Lutsk and Ostroh in Volhynia (today Volyn diocese).
Gallery
Gedeon's mitre, 1685 (Historical museum, Moscow)
External links
- Kramar, O. Patriarch-raider. The Ukrainian Week. 11 February 2011.
- Gedeon at the Orthodox Encyclopedia
- Also known as Hedeon at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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