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Mass baptism in the Ukraine
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he year 988 marked the "Baptism of Rus," when Christianity became the
official religion of what is now Ukraine. Vladimir, Grand Prince of Kiev,
sent representatives to observe the world's religions. They returned saying
Islam was too abstemious, Roman Catholicism too formal and cold.
Ah, but Orthodoxy! That was different!
The beauty of the religious services in Byzantium caused them to exclaim,
"We thought we were in heaven!" Vladimir also recognized many worldly
advantages to aligning his principality with Byzantium. He asked for missionaries,
they came, and the Orthodox Christian faith was accepted.
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