Volodymyr (Metropolitan)
Volodymyr (bourgeois Ukrainian Віктор Маркіянович Сабодан / Wiktor Markijanowytsch Sabodan ; born November 23, 1935 in Markivtsi , Khmelnyzkyj Oblast , Ukrainian SSR ; † July 5, 2014 in Kiev , Ukraine ) was the head of the Ukrainian-Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Ukraine Ukrainian Orthodox Church affiliated to the Moscow Patriarchate.
He headed the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for 22 years. As early as 2009 he waived re-election and in February 2014 he was released from office by the Holy Synod for health reasons .
In 1990 he was the opponent of Alexius II in the election of Patriarch of Moscow and the whole of Russia and thus head of the Russian Orthodox Church .
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- Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine
- Ukraine: Metropolitan Volodymyr from Kiev has died , Catholic Press Agency Austria, July 5, 2014
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Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and All of Ukraine 1992–2014 |
Onufrij (Berezovsky) |
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| SURNAME | Volodymyr |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Сабодан, Віктор Маркіянович (Ukrainian spelling); Sabodan, Viktor Markijanowytsch; Sabodan, Victor Markiyanovich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Markivtsi , Khmelnitsky Oblast , Ukrainian SSR |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th July 2014 |
| Place of death | Kiev , Ukraine |