The orhodox information Center is a good place to findd an interest in the Church past present. An anonymous contributor in Vienna provides more links to Orrhodox information throughout the would. The graduate students in mathematies of Moscow state University have a page on Russiaan Orthodoxy plus a page of other links. the Russian Bible is also on-line, courtesy of   International Russian Radio - TV. It requires ko18-R Russian fonts The Orthodox Church calendar not only lists all the saints of the Church but supplies Christian names for Othodox believers. This first link is to the Russian Orthodox church in Moscow itself for the correct dates of the Orthodox holidays from Ad 325 you can also check Marcos Montes ' can be found on The Orthodox Calendar Resourse page. This one will give you the corresponding Gregorian date and the list of saints associated with the date.

Russia was Originally a pagan nation, Russians believed in a Variety of Christianity was first introduced in Russia in 988 by Prince Vladimir whose grandmother, Olga was converted to the Eastern Orthodox faith in Constantinople according to tradition, The religion in Constantinople at the time was Russian church is Orthodox rather than Roman Cathloic

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