Kunezincazelo eziningi zomqondo we "ubuqaba". Abanye abacwaningi bakholelwa ukuthi ubuqaba buyinkolo, abanye bakhombisa ukuthi ngaphezu kwenkolo, kodwa kunalokho, indlela yokuphila, imicabango yabantu bonke, okwesithathu imane nje icabange ukuthi yilokho okuyingxenye yabantu besendulo. Noma kunjalo kubalulekile ukucabangela ngokuningiliziwe ukuthi ubuqaba babantu babantu bezikhathi ezikude, besebenzisa isibonelo sokuphila kwansuku zonke kanye namasiko amaSlav asendulo.
Ekuchazeni kwamanje, ubuqaba buyizinkolelo zamazwe ayengazi ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi izinkolo zamasonto, ayengekho abalandeli bamaJuda. Ubuqaba bamaqaba babusakazeke, kodwa amasonto anamandla kunazo zonke ayesensimini yeScandinavia yasendulo neRussia. AmaGibhithe lasendulo, amaRoma, amaGreki kanye nezinye izizwe eziningi nazo zabeZizwe, kodwa ekukhulumeni kwaleli gama, amafomu ama- Scandinavians kanye namaSlavic avela enkumbulweni. Ngisho noma samukela incazelo yokuthi lena yinkolo, ngakho-ke ubuqaba bamaSlav asendulo, kodwa, njengabanye abantu, kwakungewona uhlu lwezenkolo. Indoda yasendulo yayihlala ngalezi zisekelo. Kwaye kwakungekho ukuthula ngaphandle kobuqaba. AmaSlav angaqonda futhi avume indawo yonke kuphela ngokusebenzisa imithetho eyinkimbinkimbi nemithetho nemithetho yesigodi. Kubo, ubuhedeni bangonkulunkulu, futhi onkulunkulu balawulwa njalo ngeminithi yokuphila kwabo, banikeza injabulo nokujeziswa. Abantu bahlala ngokuvumelana nenkolo yonkulunkulu ngamunye. Wonke unkulunkulu wayenxenye ethile yezwe wayibusa, kodwa indoda yazithatha kalula futhi ayizange ikhononde ngamandla aphezulu.
Izwe lasendulo lama-Slavic lakhona ngokuthanda nangaphansi kokulawulwa konkulunkulu. Lawa kwakungewona onkulunkulu abahlukene, onkulunkulu bamaqaba babonisa ipenononi ehlelwe ngokucacile. Esikhathini esinqunyiwe, wonke unkulunkulu wayenesisindo sakhe kanye nesethi ethile yemisebenzi. Ukuphazamiseka kobuqaba kwakuyilokho, ngandlela-thile, naphezu kwamandla angavamile ukuthi onkulunkulu nemimoya yamaSlav yakudala babekwa, babeqinile kuphela esakhiweni esasilawulwa, kuyilapho umuntu ehlanganisa indawo yonke, futhi ekhanyiselwa Umuntu wayengakwazi ukulawula yonke amandla emvelo ngamandla ommoya.
Le ndoda yayinjengenkulunkulu uRodda, owayengunkulunkulu ophakeme, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi amathuba akhe ahlanganisa umjikelezo ogcwele, wayengaba ngumfazi wesilisa, abe ngumlilo futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo amanzi, wayeyinto yonke - okuyinhloko yendawo yonke. Naphezu kwalokhu, futhi mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthi lokhu kwakunzima kakhulu kumuntu wasendulo ukuba aqonde, ubukhulu emphakathini wesikhathi sikaPrince Vladimir wanikezwa uPerun owayegijima ngombani nokuduma - izinto ezibonakalayo ezinamandla eziqondakalayo, amandla awo ayesabisa kakhulu indoda yasendulo Yasebenza njengengxenye yokulawula. Kwacaca ukuthi uPerun wayengase ajezise, futhi isijeziso sakhe siyoba yingozi enkulu kakhulu yokuduma nokukhanyisa. Njenganoma yiliphi izwe lama-polytheism, ubuqaba bukukhulekelwa konkulunkulu abaningi, ngokuqondile nakakhulu, esizweni ngasinye, onkulunkulu abathile kanye nemimoya babalulekile, futhi umbusi ophakeme kakhulu wayesabeka, kodwa kude kakhulu.
Le ndlela yokucabanga nokuphila isiqinisekile kakhulu emasikweni nasekuphileni kwamaSlav ukuthi emva kokubhapathizwa kukaRussi kwadlula ingxenye yamaholide, imikhosi namasiko ebuKristwini. Izinkulunkulu zashintsha amagama kuphela ngaphandle kokushintsha imisebenzi yazo. Isibonelo esivelele salokhu ukuguqulwa kwePerun ku-Ilya umprofethi, osengumuntu obizwa ngokuthi yi-thunderer. Futhi kunezinkulungwane zezibonelo ezinjalo. Izinkolelo, izinkolelo, amaholidi zikhona osukwini lwethu. Ubuqaba bamaKatolika buyinkimbinkimbi yamasiko kakhulu, ngumlando wabantu, isisekelo saso. Akunakwenzeka ukucabanga iRussia ngaphandle kobuqaba. Ngisho nomqondo we-Orthodoxy, owasungulwa esontweni lobuKristu ekhulwini lama-12, waboleka e-canon yobuhedeni ukuze udumise ilungelo, iqiniso-ukuhlala kahle.