Template:Development of the Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Development of the Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Operation by period, by episcopal seat, and by territory

Partition of the metropolis
among emerging states

Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus'	1283–1378 Episcopal seat in Moscow
Metropolis of Halych	1303–1391 Episcopal seat in Halych In the territory of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
Metropolis of Lithuania	1317–1355 Episcopal seat in Novogrudok In the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Metropolis of Lithuania-Volhynia	1355–1378 Merged metropolises of Lithuania and Halych in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland

Reunited Metropolis

Parallel successions
In western and eastern Rus'

Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus'	1441–1596 Episcopal seat in Vilnius Initially in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland; later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Metropolis of Moscow and all Russia	1448–1589 Episcopal seat in Moscow Initially in the territory of the Principality of Moscow; later in the Tsardom of Russia Not recognised by Constantinople

Parallel successions
By patriarchate

Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia (Ruthenian Uniate Church)	1596–1805 In the territory of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth In communion with the Holy See
Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus'	1620–1686 In the territory of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Recognised as an exarchate by Constantinople

Metropolis today

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the metropolis was absorbed by the Patriarchate of Moscow as the Metropolis of Kiev.
In the Catholic Church, the metropolis of the uniate church remains as a sui juris particular church - the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

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