The Council of Vladimir () was a Church council of the

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, held at the initiative of Metropolitan Kirill II in 1274 in the city of Vladimir.

Background

In the wake of the Mongol conquest of Rus’, Kirill was appointed Metropolitan of Kiev. In 1270, he sent a request to the Bulgarian despot Iakob Svetoslav to send books of canon law ( Kormchaia kniga) with interpretations. A translation from Greek into Old Church Slavic had been made in 1225 in Serbia, but Kirill called the council to resolve differences in canon law.

Decisions

The council that a new Kormchaia should be compiled. Russian Orthodox Church 13th century in Russia Vladimir, Russia 13th-century church councils 1274 in Europe {{Eastern-Orthodoxy-stub