The Viking Herald

A detail from "Baptism of Saint Prince Vladimir" (1890), a fresco sketch for Saint Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine.

The Christian conversion of Vladimir the Great, ruler of Kievan Rus

A watershed moment in the history of Eastern Europe was the conversion of the ruler of the Kievan Rus, Vladimir the Great, in 988 CE. This solitary conversion established a spiritual foothold for the Eastern form of Christianity that has never been relinquished.

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Grand Prince of Kiev

The Christian conversion of Vladimir the Great, ruler of Kievan Rus