Christianization of Kievan Rus' ||This article needs additional
citations for verification. (April 2012)| The Christianization
of Kievan Rus' took place in several stages. In early 867,
Patriarch Photius of Constantinople announced to other Orthodox
patriarchs that the Rus', baptised by his bishop, took to
Christianity with particular enthusiasm. Photius's attempts at
Christianizing the country seem to have entailed no lasting
consequences, since the Primary Chronicle and other Slavonic
sources describe the tenth-century Rus' as firmly entrenched in
paganism. The definitive Christianisation of Kiev dates from the
late 980s (the year is disputed), when Vladimir the Great was
baptized at Chersonesos, proceeding to baptize his family and
people in Kiev. The place of Vladimir's baptism is marked by St.
Vladimir's Cathedral. According to the legends, Christianity was
first brought to the territory of modern Belarus and Ukraine by
Saint Andrew, the first Apostle of Jesus Christ. He traveled
over the Black Sea to th