Christianization of East Slavs

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Christianization_of_East_Slavs
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Baptism_of_Rus'
gptkbp:commemoratedBy July 28 (Orthodox Church calendar)
gptkbp:date 988
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Christianization of East Slavs
gptkbp:languageIntroduced gptkb:Church_Slavonic
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Vladimir_the_Great
gptkbp:legacy Establishment of Orthodox Christianity in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
gptkbp:location gptkb:Kievan_Rus'
gptkb:Kyiv
gptkb:Novgorod
gptkb:Chersonesus
gptkbp:method destruction of pagan idols
mass baptism
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Vladimir_the_Great
gptkb:Patriarch_Nicholas_II_Chrysoberges
gptkb:Anna_Porphyrogenita
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Slavic_paganism
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Christianization_of_Bulgaria
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkb:Christianization_of_Poland
gptkbp:religionIntroduced gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkbp:resultedIn Integration into Christian Europe
Spread of literacy
Construction of churches
Adoption of Byzantine culture
gptkbp:significance gptkb:Foundation_of_Russian_Orthodox_Church
Cultural transformation of Kievan Rus'
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Christianity_in_Kievan_Rus'
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7