Actually, it became known as the Greek Orthodox Church.
Prince Vladimir of Kiev declared Orthodox Christianity to be the official religion of the Russian people in the year 988 AD.
Russian Orthodox Christianity
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The Russian Orthodox Church. Its current patriarch is Kirill.
Christianity (75%), Protestant, Catholic and other.
Christianity,Orthodox Russian and Buddhist.
Russian Orthodox,or Orthodox Christianity,both mean the same thing :)
The majority religion in Russia is Russian Orthodox Christianity.
Prince Vladimir embraced Orthodox Christianity as the religion for the Russian people in 988 AD.
The Czars were the Russian monarchs. Their religion was Russian Orthodoxy, a type of Christianity. Their race was Russian, Slavic, or Caucasian, whichever term is preferred.
Christianity,Orthodox Russian and Muslim.
Byzantine Influence: The Byzantine empire influenced the early Russians for many reasons. One was that they converted all the Slavs (Early Russians) to Christianity. After that, they took on the Greek alphabet and converted all the Bibles into a Slavic tongue Which easily means that they gave them language. Vladimir made the orthodox Christianity the religion of the Russians. Soon, Russians adapted aspects of the Byzantine culture such as art, music, architecture and an example of this is Byzantine domes started to take on an onion shape which is typical in Russian churches.