Photius (Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus')
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Metropolitan Photius of Kiev (Russian: Святитель Фо́тий, митрополит Московский, Киевский и всея Руси, romanized: Sviatitel Fotiy, mitropolit Moskovsky, Kievsky i vseya Rusi) (died July 2 or February 7, 1431), was the Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' in the Patriachate of Constantinople of the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was of Greek descent.
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Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' | |
Native name | Φώτιος |
Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
See | Moscow |
Appointed | 1408 |
Installed | 1408-1410 |
Term ended | 2 July 1431 |
Predecessor | Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev |
Successor | Gerasim, Metropolitan of Moscow |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1408 by Matthew I of Constantinople |
Consecration | 2 September 1408 by Matthew I of Constantinople |
Personal details | |
Born | unknown, 14th century Monemvasia |
Died | July 2 or February 7, 1431 Moscow |
Buried | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow |
Nationality | Greek |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Residence | Moscow |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 25 May, 27 May, 2 July, 15 July, 16 September, 5 October, 10 October |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Title as Saint | Holy Hierarch, Metropolitan |
Canonized | 2009 by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow |
Shrines | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow |
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