Orthodoxy and modernity. Electronic library.
The pre-state era
Was the Apostle Andrew the First-Called in Russia?
The Beginnings of Christianity on the Territory of the Future Russia
I. The Beginning of the Historical Life of the Russian People
II. The Most Ancient Testimonies of the Russes' Acquaintance with Christianity
The first baptism of the Kievan Russ
Oleg (882-912)
Igor (912-942)
Princess Olga (945-969)
Svyatoslav (945-972)
Prince Vladimir. His conversion and baptism
Extra-Russian, Greek, and Arabic Testimonies
Comprehension of the "Tale"
Baptism of the Kievans
The Transfiguration of Prince Vladimir himself
The Western Myth of the Baptism of Rus
Relations of the Popes of Rome with Prince. Vladimir
Who was the first Russian metropolitan?
Division into periods
The Kievan or pre-Mongol period
The Spread of Christianity
Church administration in the Kievan period
Dioceses and bishops
Diocesan Governing Bodies
Church Laws
Means of Maintenance of the Higher Hierarchy
Parish clergy
Relations between the authorities, church and state
Monasticism in the pre-Mongol period
Christianization of the Russian people
A) Faith
B) Morality (personal and public)
Education of state power
Inculcating Enlightenment
Disconnection from the West
Moscow period
A. From the invasion of the Mongols to the fall of the southwestern metropolis
The fate of the Russian Metropolia. The development of its relations to the Greek Church, on the one hand, and to the Russian state power, on the other (XIII-XVI centuries)
M. Cyril (1249-1281)