Metropolitan Volodymyr dies

KYIV, July 5 /Ukrinform/. Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Volodymyr died on Saturday morning, his spokesman Oleksandr Drabynko wrote on his Facebook page.

"Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Volodymyr died. God, may his soul rest in peace," Drabynko wrote.

On July 3 media reported that the condition of Metropolitan Volodymyr remained grave, he underwent hemodialysis. He also suffered an internal bleeding.

His Beatitude kir Volodymyr (Viktor Markianovych Sabodan) was born November 23, 1935 in a peasant family in the village of Markivtsi, Khmelnitsky region.

The bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) since 1966, since 1992 its primate, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine. Chairman and a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. Member of the Presidium of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church. Hero of Ukraine (2011).

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