Which figure is known as the Apostle of the Russians and Ukrainians?

Which figure is known as the Apostle of the Russians and Ukrainians?

• A. St. Cyril
• B. St. Vladimir
• C. St. Basil
• D. Saint Methodius

Answer: (B)

Recognizing who brought Christianity to the East Slavs and is honored for spreading it among the peoples who would become Russians and Ukrainians. St. Vladimir the Great is traditionally titled the Apostle of the Russians and Ukrainians for Christianizing Kyivan Rus in 988 and making Orthodox Christianity the state religion, a move that shaped religious and cultural identity across both lands and linked them to the Byzantine world. Sts. Cyril and Methodius were important evangelizers to the Slavic peoples and created the Cyrillic script, but their work predates the Rus region’s Christianization in the way Vladimir’s did. Basil the Great was a major church father, not the one associated with converting Rus. So the best match for this title is St. Vladimir.

Recognizing who brought Christianity to the East Slavs and is honored for spreading it among the peoples who would become Russians and Ukrainians. St. Vladimir the Great is traditionally titled the Apostle of the Russians and Ukrainians for Christianizing Kyivan Rus in 988 and making Orthodox Christianity the state religion, a move that shaped religious and cultural identity across both lands and linked them to the Byzantine world. Sts. Cyril and Methodius were important evangelizers to the Slavic peoples and created the Cyrillic script, but their work predates the Rus region’s Christianization in the way Vladimir’s did. Basil the Great was a major church father, not the one associated with converting Rus. So the best match for this title is St. Vladimir.