Christianization of Kievan Rus'

The Baptism of Rus' (Klavdiy Lebedev c. 1900)

The Christianization of Kievan Rus' was a long and complicated process that took place in several stages.[1] In 867, Patriarch Photius of Constantinople told other Christian patriarchs that the Rus' people were converting enthusiastically, but his efforts seem to have entailed no lasting consequences, since the Russian Primary Chronicle[2][3] and other Slavonic sources describe the tenth-century Rus' as still firmly entrenched in Slavic paganism. The traditional view, as recorded in the Russian Primary Chronicle,[4][5] is that the definitive Christianization of Kievan Rus' dates happened c. 988[6][7] (the year is disputed[8]), when Vladimir the Great was baptized in Chersonesus (Korsun) and proceeded to baptize his family and people in Kiev. The latter events are traditionally referred to as baptism of Rus' (Russian: Крещение Руси; Ukrainian: Хрещення Русі; Belarusian: Вадохрышча Русі) in Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian literature.[9]

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  3. ^ Dvoichenko-Markov, Demetrius de (1979). "The Russian primary chronicle and the Vlachs of Eastern Europe". Byzantion. 49. philpapers.org: 175–187. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  4. ^ "The Rusian Primary Chronicle". Swarthmore. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  5. ^ Dvoichenko-Markov, Demetrius de (1979). "The Russian primary chronicle and the Vlachs of Eastern Europe". Byzantion. 49. philpapers.org: 175–187. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  6. ^ "Vladimir I and Christianization". libretexts. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  7. ^ "Christianization of Russia". advantour. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  8. ^ Oleg Rapov, Russkaya tserkov v IX–pervoy treti XII veka (The Russian Church from the 9th to the First 3rd of the 12th Century). Moscow, 1988.
  9. ^ "ЧАСТЬ ВТОРАЯ, ЦЕРКОВНАЯ - ГЛАВА I. ХРИСТИАНСТВО В БЕЛАРУСИ" (in Russian). belapc. Retrieved 2023-11-28.