Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) - Metropolitans of Kiev and All Ukraine

Metropolitans of Kiev and All Ukraine

The first Metropolitan of Kiev was the Holy Hierarch Michael from 988 to 992. Since that time and before 1917 when the Church became persecuted, there were 80 different leaders of the Church. Here is the list of the latest Metropolitans since the persecution of the Church and then the independence of Ukraine.

  • Hieromartyr Volodymyr (Bohoyavlenskyi) 1915 - 1918
  • Metropolitan Antonius (Khrapovytskyi) 1918 - 1919
  • Archbishop Nazariy (Blinov) 1919-1921
  • Metropolitan Michael (Yermakov) 1921 - 1925
  • Bishop Serhiy (Kumynskyi) 1925 - 1930
  • Archbishop Demetrius (Verbytskyi) 1930 - 1932
  • Archbishop Serhiy (Hrishyn) 1932 - 1934
  • Metropolitan Kostiantyn (Dyakov) 1934 - 1937
  • Archbishop Oleksandr (Petrovskyi) 1937 - 1938
  • Metropolitan Nikolaus (Yarushevych) 1941 - 1944
  • Metropolitan Johann (Sokolov) 1944 - 1964
  • Metropolitan Joasoph (Leliukhin) 1964 - 1966
  • Metropolitan Filaret (Denysenko) 1966 - 1992
  • His Beatitude, Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan) 1992 - present

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