Ko te rohe i tango i te Karaitiana i roto i te 988 e te mahi mana o te iriiri tūmatanui o Kiev tangata e Prince Vladimir ahau, i muri i te faafariuraa tūmataiti o tona kuia. I etahi tau i muri mai i te waehere tuatahi o te ture, Russkaya Pravda, i whakaurua e Yaroslav te Wise. Mai i te tīmatanga o nga rangatira Kievan whai i te tauira Byzantine, ka pupuri i te Ekalesia i runga i whakawhirinaki ki a ratou, ara mo ona moni, kia tonu piri piri te Ekalesia Russian me te kāwanatanga.
te whakataki i tētahi momo Slavic o te hāhi Eastern Orthodox