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'''List of Primates of the [[Church of Russia]]'''. These are the list of the Primates of the early ''Kievan Kiev Metropolia'' (which was predecesor of the [[Church of Ukraine]], and [[Church of Russia]], under the [[Church of Constantinople]]), and the Moscow Metropolia and Patriarchate. Michael I became the first primate when the entire city of Kiev was baptized in 988 by order of [[Vladimir of Kiev]].
* Kirill I (1050 )
In 1051, the first native of Kievan Rus', Russian-born Metropolitan Ilarion (, who was noted as one of the more educated men of his time) , was installed to the primatial see. (Also in 1051, St. Anthony of the Caves brought the traditions of [[Mount Athos|Athonite]] monasticism to Russia.)
* Ilarion (1051-1054)
* vacant
==1448 – 1589 - Metropolitans of Moscow and all Rus'Russia ==
Jonas (1448-1461) was the first to be elected without the sanction of Constantinople, thus establishing the Russian Church as a fully independent body. Liberating itself from the invaders, the Russian state gathered strength and so did the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1448, not long before the [[Byzantine Empire]] collapsed, the Russian Church became independent from the patriarchate of Constantinople. Metropolitan Jonas, installed by the Council of Russian Bishops in 1448, was given the title of Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia.
* Dionysius (1581-1587)
==1589 – 1721 - Patriarchs of Moscow and all Rus'Russia ==
The growing might of the Russian state contributed also to the growing authority of the Autocephalous Russian Church. In 1589 Metropolitan Job of Moscow became the first Russian patriarch. Eastern patriarchs recognized the Russian patriarch as the [[see|fifth in honor]].
**Macarius II (1912-1917)
==1917 – Patriarchs of Moscow and all Rus'Russia ==Early in the 20th century the Russian Church began preparations for convening an [[All-Russian Church Council of 1917-1918|All-Russian Council]]. But it was to be convened only after the 1917 Revolution. Among its major actions was the restoration of the patriarchal office in the Russian Church. The Council elected Metropolitan Tikhon of Moscow Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Russia (1917-1925). Again, the primate was known as the patriarch.
* [[Tikhon of Moscow|St. Tikhon]] (1917-1926) (St. Tikhon of Moscow exerted every effort to calm the destructive passions kindled up by the revolution. )
