Maximos, Metropolitan of Kiev
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Maximus or Maximos<ref name=stjohn>Template:In lang May. Cathedral of St John in DC.</ref><ref name=rcs>Template:In lang Johann von Gardner, Vladimir Morosan Russian Church Singing, vol. II.</ref> (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; died 6 December 1305) was a metropolitan bishop of the Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. He was consecrated in Constantinople and reigned from 1283 to 1305.<ref name=stjohn/><ref name=rcs/> Maximos was of Greek origin.
At that time, the Rus' princes were vassals of the Golden Horde. Khan Tokhta wanted to eliminate the princes' semi-independence. To that effect, he had sent his brother Tudan to the Rus' lands in 1293. Tudan's army devastated fourteen towns. Tokhta himself (also known as Tokhta-Temur) went to Tver and forced Dmitry of Pereslavl (also known as Dmitry Alexandrovich), who was allied to Nogai Khan, to abdicate. Rus' chronicles depicted these events as "The harsh-time of Batu returns.". Some sources suggest that Tokhta and Nogai, who was effectively the co-emperor, had worked together.Template:Cn
Maximos was known for his ecclesiastic trips to the Golden Horde and for mediating between the quarreling princes of the north-eastern Rus' (e.g. Dmitry of Pereslav and Andrey of Gorodets, the sons of Alexander Nevsky). Under instructions from the Khan,Template:Cn Maximus left Kiev in 1299 and transferred the metropolitan chair to the city of Vladimir on the Klyazma which is situated Template:Convert east of Moscow. Following that, Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople established the Metropolis of Halych in 1303 with its see in Halych in the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia.
In 1301, Maximos attended a patriarchal council in Constantinople.Template:Cn He supported the Prince of Tver and Vladimir Mikhail Yaroslavich in his struggle with Prince of Moscow Yuri Danilovich for the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir.Template:Cn
He was canonisedTemplate:When? a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church, and his feast day is celebrated on December 6 (December 19, N.S.).
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