Category:Metropolitans of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' (1620–1686)

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

The Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' (1620–1686) was a metropolis of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Eastern Orthodox Church. It was re-established in the territory of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1620 having been disestablished in 1596. The suffragan dioceses (eparchies) included the Eparchy of Kiev itself, along with the eparchies of Lutsk, Lviv, Mahilioŭ, Przemyśl, Polatsk, and Chernihiv. For much of the 17th century, the Commonwealth had been at war with the Tsardom of Moscow. Around 1686, the Kiev and Chernihiv dioceses became Moscow-controlled territory. At the same time, the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the metropolis transferred from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Patriarchate of Moscow. It is a matter of dispute as to whether this de facto transfer was also de jure or canonical.

Subcategories

This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.