Gedeon Chetvertinsky (russian: Гедеон, secular name Grigory Zakharovich Svyatopolk-Chetvertinsky, russian: Григорий Захарович Святополк-Четвертинский) was a

Ruthenia Ruthenia or , uk, Рутенія, translit=Rutenia or uk, Русь, translit=Rus, label=none, pl, Ruś, be, Рутэнія, Русь, russian: Рутения, Русь is an exonym, originally used in Medieval Latin as one of several terms ...

n prince and

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of the

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Church. He was appointed by the

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to the rank of " Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia". The appointment was on the recommendation of the

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of the

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Ivan Samoylovych Ivan Samoylovych (, , ; died 1690) was the Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine from 1672 to 1687. His term in office was marked by further incorporation of the Cossack Hetmanate into the Tsardom of Russia and by attempts to win Right-bank Ukraine from ...

. Gedeon was born as Hryhoriy to the starosta of

Racibórz Racibórz (german: Ratibor, cz, Ratiboř, szl, Racibōrz) is a city in Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Racibórz County. With Opole, Racibórz is one of the historic capitals of Upper Silesia, being t ...

Zachary Svyatopolk-Chetvertynsky and Regina Chrenicka in Volhynian Voivodeship,

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. From 1660 to 1684 he was a bishop of

Lutsk Lutsk ( uk, Луцьк, translit=Lutsk}, ; pl, Łuck ; yi, לוצק, Lutzk) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast (province) and the administrative center of the surrounding Luts ...

and

Ostroh Ostroh ( uk, Остро́г; pl, Ostróg) is a historic city located in Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, on the Horyn River. Ostroh is the administrative center of the Ostroh Raion (district). Administratively, Ostroh is incorporated ...

Volhynia Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. Th ...

(today Volyn diocese). In October 1685 he went to Moscow to be installed formally in the metropolis by

Patriarch Joachim of Moscow Patriarch Joachim (russian: Иоаким; January 6, 1620 – March 17, 1690) was the eleventh Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, an opponent of the ''Raskol'' (the Old Believer schism), and a founder of the Slavic Greek Latin Academy. Born ...

. His decision to accept his installation from the

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undermined the independence of the Orthodox Church in those parts of the Ruthenia lands that lay in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The decision was schismatic and was not recognised by the

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

. It was also opposed by many church leaders in Ukraine. He had two successors who were also styled "Metropolitan of Kiev, Halych and Little Russia": Varlaam (1690–1707) and Joasaph (1707–1718).

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File:Mitra gedeon.jpg, Gedeon's mitre, 1685 (Historical museum, Moscow)

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. 11 February 2011.
Gedeon
at the Orthodox Encyclopedia

at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gedeon (Svyatopolk-Chetvertynsky) 1634 births 1690 deaths People from Volyn Oblast People from Volhynian Voivodeship Metropolitans of Kiev and all Rus' (claimed or partially recognised) First Hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Czetwertyński Eastern Orthodox bishops of Lutsk Eastern Orthodox bishops in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

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