His Grace Bishop '''Hedeon Balaban''', also '''Gedeon Balaban''', was the Orthodox [[bishop]] of Lvov and KamemetsKamenets-Podolsky from 1569 to 1607. He opposed the [[Union of Brest]] until his death after initially having supported rapproachement with Rome.<ref>Bert Groen, William Peter van den Bercken. ''[http://books.google.ca/books?id=9FN9gT7CQw4C&dq=Bishop+of+Lviv+1569&source=gbs_navlinks_s Four hundred years Union of Brest (1596-1996): a critical re-evaluation: acta of the congress held at Hernen Castle, the Netherlands, in March 1996].'' Peeters Publishers, 1998. p.5.</ref>