Baptism of Kievan Rus'
- Period
- AD 988
- Region
- Europe
- Category
- Religion
The Christianization of Kievan Rus' was a long and complicated process that took place in several stages. 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 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, is that the definitive Christianization of Kievan Rus' dates happened c. 988, 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' in Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian literature.
Sources: Wikipedia — Christianization of Kievan Rus' · CC BY-SA 4.0
Earlier and later events nearby
- AD 988Baptism of Kievan Rus'This page
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- 1709Battle of Poltava
- 1943Battle of Kursk
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