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Hierarch · 14th century

Saint Maximus Metropolitan of Kiev

Also known as Maximus of Kiev

A Greek-born Metropolitan of Kiev who shepherded Rus' during the Mongol devastation and moved the metropolitan residence from Kiev to Vladimir.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints