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Gedeon Chetvertinsky
Gedeon Svyatopolk-Chetvertinsky
, Hedeon ) 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
.
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
.
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