==988-1304 - The Kyivan Kievan Metropolia==
In the pre-Tartar period of its history, the Kievan Church ([[Church of Russia|Russian]], and [[Church of Ukraine|Ukrainian]], the country at the time was known as ''Kievan Rus' '', which later became the countries of Russia and Ukraine) was one of the Metropolitanates of the [[Patriarchate of Constantinople]]. The [[Metropolitan]] was based in the city of Kiev, and he a Greek appointed by the Patriarchate of Constantinople: