Ekhalendeni lesonto kunezinsuku eziningi ezingakhohlwa ukuzinikezelwa kwabangcwele baseSlavic, abahlukumezi nabafel 'ukholo, kodwa olunye lwezinsuku eziphawulekayo yiSonto LaseSt. Vladimir. UVladimir akazange abhapathizwe kuphela, kodwa futhi wasungula ubuKristu njengenkolo entsha kaKivanvan Rus.
INkosi Engcwele uVladimir
UVladimir uyiNdodana yeSvats Svyatoslav nomzukulu ka-Grand Duchess Olga. Ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, uSvyatoslav wahlukanisa izwe lakhe phakathi kwamadodana akhe - u-Oleg, u-Yaropolk noVladimir. Lapho ubaba wakhe efa, kwaqala ukuxabana ezintathu phakathi kwabazalwane abathathu, ngemva kwalokho uVladimir waba isikhulu seRussia. Ngo-987, uVladimir, wathatha uChersonese, owawuseMbusweni waseByzantine, futhi wacela izandla zika-Anna, uDade Vasily noConstantine - ababusi ababili baseByzantine. Abaphathi babeka isimo sikaVladimir - ukwamukelwa kokholo lukaKristu. Lapho u-Anna efika eChersonese, uVladimir waphawula ngokungazelelwe. Ngethemba, uzophulukiswa, isikhulu sabhapathizwa futhi ngokushesha sabona. Ngenjabulo wathi: "Ekugcineni ngabona uNkulunkulu weqiniso!". Ehlelwe ngalesi simangaliso, izikhulu zamaqhawe nazo zabhapathizwa. EChersonese lo mbhangqwana washada. Ngokuba umkakhe othandekayo uVladimir wanikeza i-Byzantium Chersonese, ekwakhile khona ithempeli leNkosi yeBaptisti. Ebuyela enhloko-dolobha, uVladimir wabhapathiza wonke amadodana akhe.
Ubhapathizo lukaRussi nguSt. Prince Vladimir
Ngokushesha isikhulu saqala ukuqeda ubuqaba bamaRussia nokubhujiswa kwezithombe zobuqaba. Amakhwenyana nabapristi abhapathiziwe bahamba emigwaqweni nasezindlini, bekhuluma ngeVangeli futhi belahla ukukhonza izithombe. Ngemva kokutholwa kobuKristu, uPrince Vladimir waqala ukwakha amasonto obuKristu lapho kwakukhona khona izithombe. Ubhapathizo lukaRus lwalu-988. Lo mcimbi oyinhloko uxhunyaniswe ngqo noPrince Vladimir, lowo ibandla elibiza abaPhristi abaNgcwele, izazi-mlando - uVladimir the Great, nabantu - i-Vladimir "i-Red Sun".
Iziqu zeSt. Vladimir
Izintambo zikaSt. Vladimir, kanye namandla omnumzane u-Olga obusisiwe, kwasekuqaleni zikhona eKieith Tithe Church, kodwa ngo-1240 kwabhujiswa amaTatar. Ngakho-ke izinsalela zikaSt. Vladimir kwaphela amakhulu eminyaka zihlala ngaphansi kwamanxiwa. Ngomnyaka ka-1635 uPeter Mogila wathola indlu engcwele enezinhlamvu zikaSt. Vladimir. Kusukela ebhokisini kwakunokwenzeka ukukhipha ibhulashi yesandla sokunene nekhanda. Emva kwalokho, ibhulashi lathunyelwa eSt. Sophia Cathedral, kanye nenhloko - uPechersk Lavra .
ISonto ligubha uSt Vladimir ngosuku lokufa kwakhe - ngoJulayi 28.