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The recent statement by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that the Baptism of Rus was “the European choice of Prince Vladimir” looks stupid. Political observer Vladimir Kornilov wrote about this on his Facebook page, saying that he was asked to comment on Poroshenko’s words for Radio Sputnik. “My answer: “Anyone knows that the prince said so: “The joy in Rus' is the European Union and this joyful...
Christianity became the dominant religion in Rus' thanks to the authority and will of Prince Vladimir, and not because of the people’s desire for European values. State Duma deputy from Crimea Ruslan Balbek stated this in a commentary to RIA Novosti, assessing the statement of Ukrainian President Poroshenko, who said that the Baptism of Rus' became “the European choice of Prince Vladimir.” “Prince Vladimir was baptized with love for God, and not for modern European values. AND…
If Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavovich, under whom the Baptism of Rus' took place, had emerged from the grave, he would have screamed in horror that the UOC “Moscow Patriarchate” was being staged in Kyiv. Lviv TV presenter Ostap Drozdov, who declares his Greek Catholic religion, stated this on air on the ZIK TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the journalist, Vladimir’s spirit would note that in Moscow...
Attempts by the Ukrainian authorities to oppose the religious procession in honor of the 1030th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus' had the opposite effect. This was reported by the Information and Educational Department of the UOC, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the organizers of the procession, many participants have already reached Kiev, despite all the obstacles. It is expected that the event will be attended by more than one hundred thousand believers who are already gathering on Vladimir Hill...
Tomorrow, one of the highest-rated TV channels in Ukraine, Inter, will air an exclusive interview with Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill. This was reported on the channel's Facebook page. In the announcement video, the patriarch notes that he will say something he has never said. He also calls the Kiev Pechersk Lavra “a stronghold of canonical Orthodoxy on Ukrainian soil.” The interview will be released as part of the “Our Faith” telethon...
Prince Vladimir, who baptized Rus', could not rule Ukraine, since such a state did not exist at that time, recalls Moskovsky Komsomolets. Subscribe to the news “PolitNavigator - Kyiv” on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “For the millennium of the baptism of Rus' in 1988, the local Ukrainian community erected a monument to the Grand Duke of Kyiv Vladimir not far from the Soviet embassy in London,” says the publication. And everything would be...
