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The 1031st anniversary of the Christianization of the Kyivan Rus in photos

By Kostyantyn Chernichkin .

Published July 28, 2019. Updated April 13 at 12:32 am

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Nuns of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) gather during the celebration of the 1031st anniversary of the Christianization of Kyivan Rus in Kyiv on July 27, 2019.

Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin

Ukraine marked the 1031st anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus this weekend. Tens of thousands of Orthodox Christians took part in religious processions through downtown Kyiv.

July 28 was the first time that the Orthodox Church in Ukraine marked the occasion as a unified body. The procession of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) took place a day earlier, on July 27.