Christianization of Kievan Rus'
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The Christianization of Kievan Rus' was the late 10th-century adoption of Eastern Orthodox Christianity by the medieval East Slavic state of Kievan Rus', traditionally associated with the baptism of Prince Vladimir the Great and his subjects.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christianization
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ religious conversion ⓘ |
| appliesToEthnicGroup | East Slavs ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Kyivan Rus
ⓘ
surface form:
Kievan Rus'
|
| commemoratedBy |
Belarusian Orthodox communities
ⓘ
surface form:
Belarusian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ Ukrainian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | 28 July (Orthodox Church, feast of St Vladimir) ⓘ |
| describedIn |
History of the Wars by Procopius
ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine chronicles
Rus' chronicles ⓘ
surface form:
Primary Chronicle
|
| endTime | late 10th century ⓘ |
| follows |
Christianization of Bulgaria
ⓘ
Christianization of the Franks ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Christianization of Kievan Rus'
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
baptism of Vladimir the Great
|
| hasEffect |
adoption of Christianity as state religion in Kievan Rus'
ⓘ
construction of Christian churches in Kievan Rus' ⓘ decline of Slavic paganism in Kievan Rus' ⓘ development of Old East Slavic Christian literature ⓘ formation of the Russian Orthodox Church tradition ⓘ foundation of the Kievan metropolitanate ⓘ integration of Kievan Rus' into Christian Europe ⓘ introduction of Byzantine law and customs ⓘ rise of monasticism in Kievan Rus' ⓘ spread of Eastern Orthodoxy among East Slavs ⓘ strengthening of ties with the Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| hasPart |
construction of the first stone churches in Kyiv
ⓘ
establishment of church hierarchy in Kievan Rus' ⓘ mass baptisms of the population ⓘ missionary activity from Byzantium ⓘ royal conversion of Vladimir the Great ⓘ |
| location |
Chersonesus Taurica archaeological site
ⓘ
surface form:
Chersonesus Taurica
Dnieper ⓘ
surface form:
Dnieper River
Kyiv ⓘ Novgorod ⓘ territories of Kievan Rus' ⓘ |
| mainCountry |
Kyivan Rus
ⓘ
surface form:
Kievan Rus'
|
| pointInTime | 988 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Slavic paganism in Kievan Rus' ⓘ |
| religion |
Byzantine Rite
ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine Rite Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
baptism of Vladimir the Great in Chersonesus
ⓘ
destruction of pagan idols in Kyiv ⓘ establishment of the metropolitan see in Kyiv ⓘ mass baptism in Kyiv ⓘ |
| significantFigure |
Anna Porphyrogenita
ⓘ
Basil II ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine Emperor Basil II
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form:
Patriarch of Constantinople
Vladimir the Great ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 980s ⓘ |
| tradition | Eastern Orthodox tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Christianization of Rus
this entity surface form:
Christianization of Rus'
this entity surface form:
Christianization of Eastern Slavs
Christianization of Kievan Rus'
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hasCause
→
Christianization of Kievan Rus'
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
baptism of Vladimir the Great
subject surface form:
History of the Russian State
this entity surface form:
Christianization of Rus
subject surface form:
Viking (film)
subject surface form:
Viking (film)
this entity surface form:
Baptism of Vladimir the Great
subject surface form:
Olga of Kiev
this entity surface form:
Christianization of East Slavs
this entity surface form:
Christianization of the Rus'
this entity surface form:
Christianization of the East Slavs
this entity surface form:
Baptism of Kievan Rus'
this entity surface form:
The Baptism of Rus'