Ukwamukela ubuKristu eRussia.

Abaningi bathi esimweni sokubunjwa kwabo badlulela phakathi kwama-polytheism - polytheism. IGrisi lasendulo lanikeza onkulunkulu bezwe, okuyilowo nalowo owayengumphathi wesigaba esithile somsebenzi wabantu basemhlabeni. Ngakho uHera wasiza abalimi, u-Athena - amasosha, uHermesi - abathengisi ... EGibithe lasendulo, unkulunkulu we-Sun Ra wayehlonishwa, Misa umlindi wamafihara, u-Anat - unkulunkulukazi wokuzingela. Konke lokhu kubangelwa ukungabambisani kwabantu abasebenza kwezohwebo ezahlukene: ngamunye uthandaza kunkulunkulu wakhe, ethemba usizo lwakhe nokuvikelwa kwakhe.

Ngezinga eliphakeme kakhulu, lokhu kungezwani kubonakala ku-Old Rus. Insimu enkulu enezimo ezehlukene zemvelo, izindlela ezingathuthuki zokuxhumana zaholela ekusungulweni kwemiphakathi ehlukahlukene. Ngamunye wabo wayebambe iqhaza kulowo msebenzi owavumela abantu ukuba basinde: inani labantu emigqumeni yolwandle nemifula babanjwe izinhlanzi, emagqumeni abesebenzela izinkomo zokuzalanisa kanye nokulima, abahlala ehlathini - ukuzingela. Ngaphambi kokwamukelwa kobuKristu eRussia, ngayinye yale mizi yazakhela unkulunkulu owayesondelene nabo. Kwavela uDazhdbog, unkulunkulu welanga, okukholelwa ukuthi, wasiza ikakhulukazi abalimi; Umphathi wezempi uPerun, umsizi emisebenzini yezono zikaNkulunkulu uSvarog, umgqugquzeli wezinkondlo nabaculi bezindaba zeVeles nabanye abaningi.

Ukukholelwa konkulunkulu abahlukahlukene kwaphinde kwahlukanisa iRussia, okwaholela ekwakheni izikhulu ezizimeleyo, ezivame ukuzonda. Izimpi ze-internecine zaziyinhlekelele kubantu baseRussia basendulo futhi zaholela ebuthakathaka obuvamile bukaRus, ukungakwazi ukulwa nesitha sangaphandle. Lokhu kwakunokuhlangenwe nakho, ikakhulukazi, nguPrince Igor, enqotshwe empini nama-nomads, ngoba ngisho nezihlobo zakhe, izinhloko zamakhanda angomakhelwane, azizange zimsekele. Ngemva kokufa kwesikhulu ezandleni zamaDrevlyans, umfelokazi wakhe u-Princess Olga waba umbuso, ngenxa yokuthi ukutholwa kobuKristu eRussia kwaqala ukusebenza. U-Olga wayefunde kakhulu isikhathi sakhe nobabusi ohlakaniphile. Wayenesithakazelo empilweni yezwe eliseduze eliseningizimu yaseByzantium, eyayithengiswa ngentshisekelo noRus. I-Rus engakahleleki yanikeza omakhelwane ngezinto zokusetshenziswa - izingodo, amafurs. Futhi kusukela eByzantium ekhanyisiwe kithi kwafika amathuluzi okukhiqiza, izikhali, izindwangu, izincwadi, ubucwebe, imisebenzi yobuciko. INkosikazi u-Olga yenza uhambo oluya eConstantinople futhi, elishaqeka ubuhle nobukhulu balo muzi, amathempeli alo, insizakalo yenkonzo yaphezulu, ngokushesha yamukela ubuKristu. Lokhu kwaba ngonyaka ka-857. Waqaphela ukuthi ikholo elifanayo lingasungula izizwe futhi linike amandla ekuthuthukiseni izwe. Ngaleso sikhathi kwavela umbono wokuthi ukusungulwa kobuKristu eRussia kwakudingeka. Kodwa, ethatha isinyathelo sokuqala, u-Olga wayengeke anqobe ukuphikiswa kwabakhonza izithombe ezweni lakhe. Futhi umzukulu wakhe kuphela, u- Prince Vladimir waseKiev, wakwazi ukuqedela ibhizinisi eliqale ngogogo kuze kube sekupheleni.

Ukwamukelwa kobuKristu eRussia kwakuyinto elula futhi enzima. Okokuqala, kwenziwa umzamo wokunqothula ubuKristu kanye nokufeza kwawo ngamandla. UVladimir kanye neqembu lakhe bahamba baya eKorsun, echwebeni lesiGreki, bawuthatha. Esongela uConstantinople, wacela ukumnika inkosikazi yaseByzantium, u-Christian Anna. Ephendula, isikhulu saseRussia kwakudingeka samukele ukholo lobuKristu nokubhapathizwa, ngoba akufanelekile ukunikeza intombazane ebhapathiziwe ukuba ibe ngumqaba. UVladimir wabhapathizwa futhi nomkakhe osemusha wama-Orthodox babuyela ezweni lakubo.

Izenzakalo eziningi ezingamanga, ukufakazela iqiniso namandla ekholo lobuKristu, kwenzeka kuVladimir. Omunye wabo kwenzeka ngaphambi kokuba abhapathizwe. Isikhulu saphelelwa masinyane, kodwa u-Anna wamqinisekisa ukuthi ukholo kuKristu luzomphulukisa. Njengoba lezi zindaba zisho, kwenzeka: ngokushesha ngemva kokubhapathizwa, amehlo abuyela eVladimir. Futhi, ngokungangabazeki, ukuhlakanipha, ukunethezeka, amandla namandla okukhanyisa kanye namasiko, okuyinto eyinhloko yakhe engenakho okuningi, yaba nombono omkhulu kumbusi waseRussia. Eqiniseka ukuthi ukwamukelwa kobuKristu eRussia kuzoqinisa nokuphakamisa umbuso waseRashiya, waqala izinguquko. Ngo-988, ubuKristu bamukeleka njengenkolo yombuso kuphela, futhi izinkulungwane zikaRusics zathola unkulunkulu oyedwa, okwaba yisisekelo sokuhlanganiswa okuqhubekayo kwezwe. Imiphumela yokwamukelwa kobuKrestu eRussia ayizange ivele ngokushesha. Kwadlula amakhulu eminyaka, futhi iRussia yangena ngokugcwele emphakathini wamazwe angamaKristu aseYurophu, yazuza isiko layo nempumelelo yezizwe ezizungezile, yaba namandla angashadile.