Ephraim (Metropolitan of Kiev)

Metropolitan Ephraim ( XI century ) - Metropolitan of Kiev ( 1054/1055 - 1065 ).

Little information has been preserved about Metropolitan Ephraim. It is known that he is Greek by origin.

He was the Kiev Metropolitan from 1054/1055 to about 1065, while at the same time being a member of the imperial senate with a high court rank of πρωτοπροεδρο возможно (possibly even protoproedros ton protosynkellon), as can be seen from the inscription on his lead seal.

1055 year . This year, Novgorod Bishop Luke Zhidyat was slandered before Metropolitan Ephraim as his servant. The metropolitan called Luka to Kiev and condemned him. Three years later, it turned out that the bishop was slandered, and Metropolitan Ephraim released Bishop Luke from prison, and severely punished his slanderers (for example, the serf Dudike was cut off his nose and hands, after which he fled "to the Germans").

On November 4 of an unknown year, Ephraim re-consecrated St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev .