https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk Made with mirth en-us 2022-01-07 22:21:45 UTC 2024-07-16 03:48:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/1200px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 29arajesh https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989128044 Russia became a Christian country in two notable ways.
1. Princess Olga traveled to Constantinople, and asked the Byzantine Emperor to teacher her more about his religion (Orthodox Christianity). Even though she encouraged her people to convert, nobody would, not even her own son! However, this started the process of Russia becoming a Christian country. 
2. Prince Vladimir, grandson of Princess Olga, learned about Christianity through merchants speaking about religious beliefs in the Byzantine Empire. Vladimir wanted Kiev to be a great power. He was interested in what the religion was of other great powers. His nobles suggested he send ten 'good and true' men to visit and learn about those lands/Christianity. These ten men reported that they were most amazed with Orthodox Christianity and mainly the Byzantine churches. Vladimir immediately converted and forced all the people in Kiev to convert as well. This is how Russia became a Christian country.]]> 2022-01-12 20:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989128044 29pwazarkar https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989128643 One Russian Princess, Princess Olga, married Igor of Kiev but after he died, she took over ruling because her son was to young. She went to Constantinople and came across the emperor, who wanted her to marry him. Olga refused, but asked him to teach her about Chistianity, and he did. After she learned, she tried to Christianize Kiev, but only a few people converted. Her own son didn't want to convert either. So, since she didn't want to force people to convert, she let people convert, but it wasn't a requirement. Princess Olga's grandson, Prince Vladmir, wanted to gain powerr and learn about other religions so, he sent "ten good and true men," according to the nobles, to learn more about religions. After the men described how beautiful Chistian Churches were, Prince Vladmir converted to a Christian, forced other people to convert, and forced people to shove Russian idols into the Dneiper River. The first way Russia became Christian was because of Princess Olga opening the topic and the second was when Prince Vladmir converted and forced the people of Russia to follow.]]> 2022-01-12 20:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989128643 29sgupta https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989140958 Before, all Russia was was a few villages along the rivers in Eastern Europe. Then, people from other countries came to conquer and/or trade, but they brought new ideas and customs. These people were the Slavs. They settled peacefully in Kiev until the powerful Vikings arrived from the north in Scandinavia, and destroyed their peace by forcing the Slavs to give them money and goods. But, they also blended with the Slavs to become known as what we call Russians today. The first way Russia became Christian is  Greek missionaries from the powerful capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, came and taught the early Russians about Christianity. This attempt wasn't successful because many people didn't become Christians. The second attempt succeeded, however. Kiev's ruler, Vladimir, wanted Kiev to become very powerful. So, he sent ten men to find the best religion. These ten impressed men told Vladimir of monotheistic Orthodox Christianity and the splendid churches. Vladimir became Christian and forced his people to become Christian, too. Legend says he had statues of Russian gods thrown into the Dnieper River.]]> 2022-01-12 21:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989140958 29jchen https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989146560 One way the Russians became Christians was when Princess Olga went to Kiev and encouraged people to convert to Christianity. Even though this was unsuccessful, some people did convert. Another, more extreme way of the people converting would be when Prince Vladimir forced everyone in Kiev to be Christian. Vladimir had wanted Kiev to be very powerful, and because Christianity was popular and fairly easy to convert to, Vladimir forced everyone to do this. ]]> 2022-01-12 21:10:22 UTC https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989146560 https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989155743 1. Princess Olga married Igor I, but he died, so she became the ruler, because her son was too young to rule. She visited Constantinople and met the emperor. The emperor fell in love with her, but she declined his hand in marriage. However, she was interested and Christianity and asked the emperor to teach her everything he knew about it. The emperor did so, and Princess Olga was fascinated with Christianity. She converted to Christianity and encouraged Kiev to also convert. Most people in Kiev did not want to convert, and she did not force them to. This was the start of Russia becoming a Christian country.
2. Many years later, Vladimir, Princess Olga's grandson, was ruling Kiev. He wanted Kiev to be very powerful, and the thought the first step in making Kiev powerful was choosing a religion of another empire. He sent ten trusted men to find a religion that would make Kiev powerful. They returned with the news that the religions he could chose from were Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. He chose not to convert Kiev to Islam because when you practice Islam, you cannot drink alcohol, and he knew he and Kiev would not be able to resist alcohol. He chose not to convert to Judaism, because it is very hard to become Jewish. However, he was fascinated with Orthodox Christianity and chose to convert Kiev to it. Most of Kiev did not want to convert, but Vladimir forced Kiev to convert to Orthodox Christianity against their will. He had all the paintings of previous gods burned and idols of gods that had been worshiped by Slavs for thousands of years thrown into the Dnieper River.]]> 2022-01-12 21:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989155743 https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989155802 The first way the Russians became Christian was through Princess Olga. Olga visited the Byzantine Emperor, and he had taught Christianity.The Second way was through Prince Vladimir.Vladimir wanted Kiev to be powerful, and most of the powerful nations were Christian, so he forced everyone to convert.He also threw all the statues of the old gods into the Dnieper River.]]> 2022-01-12 21:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989155802 https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989157799 Russia stated as only a few villages. Princess Olga asked people to convert and even though this didn't change much people were starting to think about converting. The main reason is Olga's grandson, Vladimir, sent 10 people to go religions shopping and most if not all of them said Christianity was great. he was convinced and forced everyone to convert to Orthodox Christianity and supposedly threw the statues of Russian Gods down the Dnieper River. Everyone converted and even after he died people liked Christianity and many people converted by their own will.]]> 2022-01-12 21:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989157799 29pgupta https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989158184 One way Russia became a Christian country was when Princess Olga, who was the ruler of Kiev, traveled to Constantinople. She asked the Byzantine emperor to teach her about Orthodox Christianity. After learning about it, she decided to convert to Orthodox Christianity. However, she was not able to convert Kiev to Orthodox Christianity.
Another way Russia became a Christian country was when Princess Olga's grandson, Prince Vladimir, was hoping to make Kiev very powerful. He asked ten advisors to find a better religion. When they came back, they told him that they were impressed with Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire. Therefore, Vladimir ordered all of his people to convert to Orthodox Christianity, and Russia became Christian.]]> 2022-01-12 21:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989158184 https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989162896 After Russia formed, a princess, named Princess Olga, decided to travel to the byzantine empire. The emperor really liked her, and even went as far as a marriage proposal, though Olga refused. However, she did ask to learn about his country's religion teachings, Orthodox Christianity, and he gladly excepted. after learning about the new religion, the princess returned to her country and tried to convert her people to Christians. This was unsuccessful, though later, her grandson, Vladimir, sent out 10 of his most trusted men to find a better religion for his country. Once again, they came back awed by the christians. As a result, Vlad dumped the statues of the old gods into the river and forced everyone to convert to christianity. ]]> 2022-01-12 21:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989162896 29kchenduran https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989195110 Prince Vladimir was now Russia's king. He was Princess Olga's grandson. He wanted to make his country powerful, so he wanted a monotheistic religion. He sent 10 of his best and honest men to see the Byzantine empire and bring him religions that was going to lead Russia to power. They came back with 3 religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. The first reason that Russia became a Christian country was that Vladimir forced them to become Christians. Secondly, Judaism wouldn't work for them as they did not like that they were apart from their homeland. Islam wouldn't work for them because it said"NO WINE!". Russia is a very cold country and they needed wine to warm them up. So, they picked Christianity.]]> 2022-01-12 21:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989195110 29dwan https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989202137 Princess Olga married Igor. Igor died before Princess Olga died, and her son was way too young to rule over a country. That caused Princess Olga to become the ruler. The first reason is that she traveled to Constantinople and asked the Emperor to teach her about Christianity. She tried to get people to convert into Christianity, but even though she was the ruler nobody would. I mean nobody. 0. Olga's grandson, Vladimir, learned about Christianity and he converted, and forced everyone else to convert too.]]> 2022-01-12 22:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989202137 29cshan https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989292385 One way Russia became a Christian country is when missionaries from Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, would come to Kiev and spread Orthodox Christianity to the people. Princess Olga, who ruled Kiev, heard about Christianity from the Byzantine Empire. She traveled to Constantinople and met the emperor, who offered to marry Olga, but she rejected him. Although Olga did not accept the offer to marry him, she asked him to teach her about Christianity. The emperor sent a patriarch, a leader of the Orthodox Church, to teach her. When Olga came back from Constantinople, she encouraged the people to convert to Orthodox Christianity, but most of the people refused, including her son. A second way Russia became a Christian country is when Vladimir, Olga's grandson, wanted Kiev to be powerful. He had heard about religions with only one god from merchants. He asked nobles what to do and they told him to send ten men to visit other places and learn about the religions. Vladimir did as they suggested. When the ten men returned, that told of impressive Orthodox Christianity and fantastic Byzantine churches. Vladimir converted to Orthodox Christianity. He ordered that statues and other art of the old gods to be destroyed and forced the people to convert. It is said that he forced statues of the gods to be thrown into the Dnieper River. ]]> 2022-01-13 00:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989292385 29hhashim https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989543296 One way was when Prince Vladmir, Princess Olga's grandson accepted Christianity by being introduced into the East Slavic. Another way was when Princess Olga traveled to Constantinople and asked the Emperor to help her and teach her about this religion called the Orthodox Christianity. ]]> 2022-01-13 03:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989543296 29mlee https://padlet.com/awhalen5/su4y513y9axqk0dk/wish/1989727567  Christianity came to Russia because of the Byzantine Empire. First, Princess Olga visited Constantinople to learn about Orthodox Christianity. When she returned to Kiev, she encouraged the Russians to practice Christianity. Prince Vladimir is the grandson of Princess Olga. When he ruled the city he became an Orthodox in 988 and he forced everyone to become Christians.

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