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{{Short description|Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia (1620–1631)}}
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'''Job Boretsky''' ({{lang-uk|link=no|Йов}}, secular name Ivan Matfeyevich Boretsky, {{lang-pl|link=no|Iwan Borecki}}, died 2 March 1631) was the [[Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' (1620–1686)|Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus']]{{efn|The title is also known as the '''Metropolis of Kiev, Halych and all Rus'''' or '''Metropolis of Kyiv, Halychyna, and All-Rus''''. The name "[[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]]" is a [[Latinized name|Latinized form]] of [[Principality of Halych|Halych]], one of several regional principalities of the medieval state of [[Kievan Rus']].}} in the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]] in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] from 1620 to 1631. He was a Ruthenian national, born in [[Bircza]], [[Ruthenian Voivodeship]] in the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] at an unknown date. He died in the city of [[Kyiv]] in the [[Cossack Hetmanate]]. As [[List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Kiev|Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus']] he was known as an outstanding church leader, educator, and defender of the Eastern Orthodox faith.

== Biography ==
His family came from Bircha ([[Bircza]]) in [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]]. He was educated at the [[Lviv]] Dormition Brotherhood School and abroad. He worked as a teacher and rector at the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood School (1604–5) and was the first rector of the Kyiv Epiphany Brotherhood School (1615–18). In 1619, he became hegumen of [[St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery]] of [[Kiev|Kyiv]].

In August 1620 the [[Lists of Patriarchs of Jerusalem|patriarch of Jerusalem]], [[Theophanes III]], ordained Boretsky [[List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Kiev|metropolitan of Kyiv, Halychyna, and All-Rus'.]] Boretsky had a strong influence on the [[Cossacks]] under [[Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny]]'s hetmancy. As, metropolitan Boretsky composed a petition in defense of the Orthodox hierarchy entitled Protestacja (1621). Along with the [[Greek-Catholic]] [[List of Major Archbishops of Kyiv-Halych|Metropolitan bishop of Kyiv]] [[Josyf Veliamyn Rutsky]], he favoured a general reconciliation within the Ukrainian church, but failed to gain the support of the Cossacks for his plans. A prolific translator, Boretsky also wrote poems honouring saints, petitions, prefaces, and edicts. "Perestoroha" is attributed to him. He was the co-author of "Apolleia Apolohii" (A Refutation of 'A Defense,' 1628) and the translator of "Antolohion" from the Greek (1619).

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== References ==
* ''[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\B\O\BoretskyYov.htm Boretsky, Yov]'' at the ''[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/default.asp Encyclopedia of Ukraine]''

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