The Orthodox in Russia asked that the Orthodox in the Byzantine empire send some missionaries. At this point, there was no written language for the Russian people. The byzantine empire sent two scholars, who were the brothers Cyrill and Methodius, to lead this missionary movement. These two brothers were the founders of the Russian alphabet, thus why it is so similar to the Greek alphabet. This was done so that The Bible could be translated for the people of Russia.
The Byzantine Empire (also known as the Eastern Roman Empire).
Christianity, according to the Eastern Orthodox tradition.
Byzantine Empire
The Cyrillic Alphabet
orthodox Christianity
Orthodox Christianity.
It was Orthodox Christianity.
It left behind a lasting religious achievement with Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, stone architecture, and terrace farming.
cyrillic ... The two monks were two brothers from Thessaloniki, Cyril and Methodius, missionaries for the Orthodox Church, later canonized and given the epithet isapostolos (iso-apostole :equal to the apostoles).
Islam and Catholic/Orthodox Christianity.
The Greek Orthodox regard themselves as the Original Christianity.
Orthodox Christianity
Orthodox Christianity.