The Russian Orthodox Church: A Treatise of Her Origin and Life (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Basaroff Basaroff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331629217 ISBN 13: 9781331629214

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Russian Orthodox Church: A Treatise of Her Origin and Life

Grandmother of Wladimir, the wise Duchess Olga, was baptized in Constantinople in the year 955. Hence she is esteemed the first who planted Christianity upon Russian soil. For, although her ad monitions to her son Swjatoslaw to become a Christian were nu heeded, yet her example contributed greatly to deter mine her nephew, Wladimir, to receive Christianity from the pure source of the Oriental Church. Already at this time it was strongly rumored, that the Russian Grand Duke, weary of heathenism, designed to create a change in the religion of his realm. Ou this account, many neighboring nations dispatched their ambassadors to Wladimir, in order to win him over to their belief. Even the Mohammedans, as also the J ews, endeavored to interest the heathen Duke in their belief. But the Grand Duke hesitated for some time to lay aside heathenism. Then appeared before him a Greek missionary who almost succeeded by his sermon in win ning the heart of the heathen Duke for the true faith. Still the wise Wladimir did not yet trust the eloquence even of this man, and summoning his counsellors, he proposed to them to make a choice from the difierent beliefs. These unanimously determined not to accept this or that faith until representatives chosen from the various regions had been convinced on the Spot of the excellencies of the one over the other.' The omissa ries soon returned, after they had visited the churches in Germany, Bulgaria and Greece. The first two did I not satisfy them, but they were highly delighted with the splendor and dignity of the Greek ritual. They felt, they said, as if in the presence of the angels in.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1331629217
• ISBN 13: 9781331629214
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 48