Moscow Celebrates Baptism of Rus’ with Procession from Kremlin to St. Vladimir

Pravoslavie ^ | 7/28/17

[marshmallow]

On the day of the Baptism of Rus’ and the commemoration of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles St. Vladimir a religious procession was held to the new Moscow monument to St. Vladimir on Borovitskaya Square, reports the Russian Military-Historical Society.

The day began with a Divine Liturgy in Dormition Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin celebrated by Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsky and Kolomna. After the Liturgy, the procession to the monument to St. Vladimir began, at the foot of which a moleben was held. The prayerful joy was shared by several hundreds of residents and guests of the capital, as well as representatives of the Russian National Guard and the Russian Military-Historical Society. Following the moleben, all gathered had the opportunity to venerate an icon of St. Vladimir, and to hear a lecture on the personality of the Great Prince and the story of the creation of the monument.

President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia opened the monument to the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, the Baptizer of Russia, on Borovitskaya Square on November 5, 2016. The monument was erected by the initiative of the Russian Military-Historical Society and the Moscow government. The People’s Artist of Russia sculptor Salavat Scherbakov created the monument. The location of the monument was chosen through popular vote.

[McGavin999]

What a miracle to see people turning back to God.

[Fiddlstix]

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[jmacusa]

“Prepare ye the way of The Lord and make straight HIS path. Behold the Kingdom Of Heaven is at hand’’. For 72 years the Russian people were denied The Word of God and the Body And Blood of Our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ by Godless Communism. It's a miracle to see how the Russian people have embraced their ancient faith.

[BeadCounter]

Russia better plug the Christian religion, it has totally Muslim parts like Chechnya and according to Daniel Pipes could become a Muslim majority country in the near future.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Not to start a fight, but Vladimir was Prince of the Kievan Rus,I.e; Ukrainian. Priests he brought from Byzantium baptized the people on the banks of the river Dneiper. His son Prince Yaroslav the wise had the church of St. Sophia built in Kiev by Byzantine craftsmen.