Therefore , whenever possible , the Byzantium would unite the metropolitanates .
The Byzantine Empire , seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople , generally preferred a united Metropolitanate of Kiev and all Rus ' and was reluctant to divide its authority .
Whenever possible , the Byzantium would unite the metropolitanates .
The Byzantine Empire , seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople , generally preferred a united Metropolitanate of Kiev and all Rus ' and was reluctant to divide its authority .