Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Metropolitan Vladimir (Volodymyr; secular name Viktor Markianovich Sabodan, , , November 23, 1935 – July 5, 2014) was the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP) from 1992 to 2014. Metropolitan Volodymyr's official title was "His Beatitude Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine". As head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), he was the head of the only Ukrainian Church inside Ukraine to have canonical standing (legal recognition) in Eastern Orthodoxy worldwide.