Person
Hilarion of Kyiv
Priest of the princely church at Berestove near Kyiv who in 1051 became the first metropolitan of Kyiv of Rus’ birth, installed by a council of bishops at the wish of Yaroslav the Wise. He wrote the Sermon on Law and Grace (between 1037 and 1050), one of the earliest original works of Rus’ literature. Nothing is known of him after 1054; by 1055 a Greek, Ephraim, was metropolitan.
- Dates
- … – between 1054 and 1055 (?)
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- Eastern Europe
- In the threads
- Rus (11th–12th c.)
Events
- Hilarion, the first metropolitan of Kyiv from Rus’1051 … February 1052 · Eastern Europe