http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/1988/issue18/1804.html.
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Before 1000
c. 50–60 St. Andrew allegedly does mission work in Ukraine and, standing on the future site of Kiev, predicts that a great Christian city will one day exist there
860–65 With Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Christian missions to the Slavic nations begin in earnest; Cyril establishes Cyrillic alphabet that is still used by Eastern Slavs today
c. 864 Under the auspices of Rus’ Prince Askold and Patriarch Photius, the first baptism in Rus’-Ukraine
869 Eighth Ecumenical Council (in Constantinople)
955 Princess Olga, the queen of Kievan Rus’, is baptized at Constantinople
988–991 Mass baptism takes places at Kiev, Grand Prince Vladimir makes Orthodox Christianity the national religion of Rus’—which it remained until 1917
"Prince Vladimir, the Slavic ruler credited with the Christianization of Rus’ (not Russia), allegedly ordered all the inhabitants of Kiev, his capital city, to appear at the river for baptism on a particular day in 988 or they would be considered enemies of the kingdom."
"One reason Vladimir allegedly decided to accept Christianity was because, after hearing defenses of several major religions, he was healed from an eye disease after his grandmother Olga prayed to her god, the God of the Orthodox."
"Another alleged reason for Vladimir’s conversion was his emissaries’ report that when they saw the grandeur of the Eastern Orthodox services in Constantinople, they were so awed that “We knew not whether we were in heaven or on earth, for on earth there is no such splendor or such beauty!”"
10001019 Yaroslav receives a metropolitan appointed by the Patriarch of Constantinople; this Rus’-Byzantium link continues for nearly 400 years
1025 The beautiful St. Sophia Cathedral is constructed in Kiev
1037 The Russian Orthodox Church comes under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Constantinople
1100
1113 The Church of St. Nicholas, one of the first “onion-domed churches,” is built at Novgorod, Russia
1200
1204 Eastern Christendom’s center, Constantinople, falls to Western Christendom’s Crusaders
1206–26 Temujin is proclaimed Gengis Khan, rules the Mongols
1220-21 Mongols invade India
1237–40 Mongols invade and destroy Kiev
1250 Hats come into fashion, and goose quills are used for writing
1261 Easterners retake Constantinople
1300
1325 The metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church is transferred to Moscow
1326 Moscow becomes capital of Russia, and official center of Russian Orthodox Church
1363 Timur the Lame (Tamerlaine) begins his conquest of Asia
1392 Sergius of Radonezh, the patron saint of Russia, dies
1396 Stephen, a Russian Orthodox bishop and famous missionary, dies
1400
1431–49 The Mongols’ domination of Russia comes to an end
1448 See of Moscow is raised to independent status
1450 Moscow emerges as “The Third Rome,” claiming to have succeeded Rome and Constantinople as the center of the Orthodox Church; Russian Orthodoxy remains virtually untouched by the Renaissance and Reformation
1500
1551 The historic Council of Moscow indicates the declining influence of the patriarchate of Constantinople and the rising influence of Moscow
1589–1605 In Moscow, Iov serves as the first patriarch of the new Russian Orthodox Patriarchate
1596 The Orthodox in Poland unite with Rome, forming what is known as the Uniate Church
1600
1629 Cyril Lucano, the patriarch of Constantinople, makes a Calvinist confession of faith
1642–58 Patriarch Nikon tries to reform the Russian Orthodox Church; a schism results
1690–1700 Patriarch Adrian is Russian Orthodoxy’s last patriarch until 20th century
1700
1721 Peter the Great abolishes the Moscow Patriarchate, establishes the Holy Synod as a state institution to carry out church reforms
1783 Potemkin captures Crimea for Russia
1794 Russian Orthodox missionaries begin work in Alaska with fur traders and Indians.
"Clergymen of the Russian Orthodox Church set foot on what is today known as the State of Alaska in 1794, and established Orthodox churches all the way down to San Francisco, Calif., before Alaska was even purchased from Russia by the United States government."
1800
1848 Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto
1856–1876 Translation of the entire Bible into vernacular Russian
1867 Russia sells Alaska to the U.S.
1870 Bishop Innocent, former missionary to Alaska, founds the Orthodox Missionary Society
1880 Russian Orthodox leaders begin a persecution of all non-Orthodox sects and churches
1891 Russian Orthodox leaders intensify their persecution of the non-Orthodox, making it difficult for them to find employment or living quarters, and taking their children to indoctrinate them in the Orthodox faith; non-Orthodox are tried in Orthodox courts, not civil ones
1900
1904–07 Russo-Japanese War
1917 The Russian Revolution; Moscow Patriarchate is re-established
1918–28 Lenin separates church and state and proclaims religious freedom
1919 The American Ukrainian Orthodox Church is organized
1922 USSR is formed
1929–1939 Stalin’s “Age of Terror”; most Russian Christians suffer greatly under this state-sponsored tyranny; the worst years are ’34–38
1943 Desiring to rally the Russian people in the face of Hitler’s armies, Stalin re-establishes the Russian Orthodox Church
1959–64 Khruschev oversees a great persecution of Christians, though not so murderous as Stalin’s
1961 Churches in the USSR join World Council of Churches
1974–75 For his writings against Soviet repression, Alexander Solzhenitsyn is exiled, writes The Gulag Archipelago, Vols. One and Two
1986 Gorbachev initiates policy of glasnost, or "openness," and Soviets' freedom of religions increases somewhat
1988 Millenial anniversary of Christianity in the USSR
Kievan Rulers
978–1015 Vladimir I rules Kievan Rus’
1019–54 Yaroslav “the Wise” rules Rus’
1113–1125 Vladimir Monomach rules in Rus’
1125–1140 Other members of Vladimir’s dynasty continue to rule a constantly sub-dividing Rus’
1325–1341 Ivan I rules in Moscow
1359–1389 Dmitri Donskoy rules in Moscow
1425–1462 Vasili II rules in Moscow
1462–1505 Ivan III “the Great” rules Russia
1547–1584 Ivan IV “the Terrible” rules Russia
1645–1676 Alexei rules Russia
1721–1725 Peter “the Great” is emperor of Russia
1762–96 Catherine II is empress of Russia
1801–25 Alexander I is tsar of Russia
1894–1917 Nicholas II rules Russia
1920–24 Lenin rules USSR
1924–53 Josef Stalin
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