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The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism_of_Kiev Baptism of Russia ] during holy equal-to-the-apostles great prince [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_I_of_Kiev Vladimir]'s lifetime in 988 was the outstanding event of our history. Along with the baptism, Russia took all Gospel, apostolic and patristic traditions sacred to the storied Eastern Church. The closest of connections were established between the young Russian church and the Constantinople Patriarchate. Greeks were the The first Russian metropolitanswere Greeks. They as the representatives of the Patriarch of Constantinople watched the piety of the newly installed customs and practices. The very fact of the patronage above the Russian Metropolitan shows that the church regulations, divine services, sacraments and rites were borrowed form from the Orthodox Church of the East.