Raphael Zaborovsky

Raphael (Ukrainian: Рафаїл, Russian: Рафаил; secular name: Mykhailo Zaborovsky, Ukrainian: Михайло Заборовський, Russian: Михаил Заборовский, Polish: Michał Zaborowski; 1677 – 22 October 1747) was the Bishop of Pskov and Narva and the Metropolitan of Kiev in the Patriarchate of Moscow.

After serving as a chaplain in the Russian navy he became archimandrite of the Tver Monastery.

A supporter of Archbishop Theofan Prokopovich, Zaborovsky carried out the Russian government's policy of destroying the autonomy of the Ukrainian church by instituting the "Dukhovnyi reglament" of 1721 and other synodal ukases.

He did, however, raise the academic standards and improve the economic standing of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

The Great Bell Tower of the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves (1736–45), the bell tower of the Saint Sophia Cathedral, the baroque Zaborovsky Gate, and a number of other buildings were constructed during his tenure as metropolitan.