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" The Tale of Bygone Years, monk of the monastery Feodos'ev Pecherskago From there went to the Russian land, and who in the beginning first knyazhiti Nei " ("Chronicle Nestorova" the beginning of XII century - the earliest extant ancient chronicles)
 
"In the summer of 6494. Priidosha Bulgarians bohmichi faith, saying, Thou," Thou art a wise prince and smyslen not Rural Lands Act. Yes, faith in zakon nash, and bowed Bohmitu. "" ... "For this and priidosha from Rome the Germans, saying:" Priidohom message from papezha. "And it is solved:" Promotion mate ty taco papezh: Thou and thy land is our land, and your faith is not like unto our faith "..." Reche Volodimer German: "Go for Xia, Thou Oetzi we saw a total of this is not the essence." Hearing of the Jews kozarstii priidosha rekuschi: "..." For this and also GREECE prislasha to Volodymyr philosopher "..."
 
In the summer of 6495. Raise Volodimer svoa boyars and the elders and said to Gradskij im: "Behold me pridoshe Bulgarians rekuschi:" Receive the law nash, for this and also prihodisha Germans and TII zakon praising his, and now prihodisha zhydova. Se after pridoshe greece, vs hulyasche laws by his own praising and saying a lot, skazayusche from the beginning of the world, and byti all over the world, the same day, and slyly skazuyuschi chyudno hear them, and a pleasure komuzhdo. And other svet povedayut be alone: ​​yes If anyone believes in dei nashyu faith, and die again in vstanet not umirati his eyelids but if you step in the injection zakon, then the light Bb onom lights on. Yes, that would give the mind? ". Solved the boyars and the elders:" Ves, Prince, for theirs is not a no man blasphemes, but praises; ashche hoscheshi ispytati far, we have a Imashev sending experienced men kogozhdoih service, and who serves God kako. And there was the Prince, and it luba vsem lyudem and izbrasha wise and sense chislom 10, and im solved: "You go first to the Bulgarians and test their faith." They idosha, and strangers, Videsh skvernaa case and klanyane ropateh Bb and Bb priidosha his own land. And he saith im Volodimer: "You go to the Germans and paky soglyadaite same taco from there go to the Greeks." They came to the Germans and their soglyadavshe church service, and to priidosha Tsaryugradu and vnidosha to the king, the king of the same tests, for the sake of guilt koeya priidosha, they also ispovedasha byvshaa it all. Xie slyshav king, glad byv and honor of the great wing im. In toi day. The morning after a patrearhu, the verb thus: "Priidosha Russ, trying our faith, but to attach the church and krilos and Samye cause Bb svyatitelskya vestments, but seeing the glory of our God." Xie slyshav, patriarh commanded sozvati krilos, and as usual sotvorisha feast, and vzhgosha censer, and singing, and the faces sostavlesha. And with them the ideal Bb church, and I postavisha prostrane place pokazuyusche beauty of the church, and pena, and service arhiereisky and Imminence dyakon, skazuyusche serve their God, they are also former Bb amazement and udivishasya and pohvalisha their service. And I'm the king of prizvasha Basil and Kostyantin, spawning im "Idita to his own land." And as a gift otpustisha velimi and with honor. They priidosha into the ground. And the king of POPs boary svoa and elders and said to Volodimer: "Behold priidosha message to us men, let them hear from the former." And he saith: "Tell me before his retinue." They solved Thou "Hodihom in Bulgaria and smotrihom, kako Xia, klanyayut Bb temple in rekshe ropateh, stoasche demon Poas and poklonivsya sit and zrit Semo and anam beshen Aki, and there is no vela in them, but sorrow and the stench velik, legion dobr zakon them. pridohom And the Germans, and the temple service vidihom Bb tvoryascha and beauty We have seen no nikoeazhe; priidohom same Bb Greeks and vidosha HN, O Soul, serve their God, not their recent findings in the sky there were ECM: there is none to bo land such species, whether the beauty of tacos; nedoumeem bo skazati, tokmo vemy, for theirs is far from the Bog man is, and they have a service than all stran. We DRC mozhem not forgotten beauty toa; vsyak chelovek, If ye taste the sweet bitterness of the latter is not priemlet, tacos and we are not imams zde be alone. " Otveschavshe boare rekosha: "If a lih zakon walnut, the woman does not have hast taken thy Olga, which is shed Be mudreishi chelovek all." And he saith Volodimer otveschav same: "Where primem baptized?". They also solved: "KDE ty a pleasure." And minuvyu fly. "..."

The next morning the same begone Volodimer with priests and Tsarichino korsunskyimi on Dnpr and Snead infinite number lyudei vlezosha and into the water and stoyahu injection to Shii, and friends of breast, the baby is on the breasts from the shore, as the baby derzhavsche friends, accomplishing the same brodyahu, Popov worthwhile tvoryahu prayers. Byashe great joy to see the exact same in heaven and on earth fraction dush saved. A dyavol stenyashe, saying: "Woe is me, for theirs away am progonim where bo zhidische I have a sobe, for theirs is not the essence of the teachings of the apostolic zde, and are the leading of God, but veselyahusya about their service, hedgehog sluzhahu me and behold pobezhdaem am on neveiglasa this, and not from apostol and muchenik, and imam has tsarstvovati in now. " Krestivshim same lyudem Xia, idosha kozhdo in the houses of their own, Thou happy Volodimir byst knew God Samye and his men, and vzrev to heaven, he saith: "God velikyi, sotvorivyi heaven and earth, look upon his people are new, well im dai Lord to see you, true God, as He uvedesha hristyanskya country, and put the law into their faith and nesovratnu and I pomozi Lord suprotivnago on the enemy, but hoping in Thee and Thy power ran intrigues him. " And behold rivers, commanded the church and the cuts on postavlyati mestom, idezhe stoyasha idols, and put the holy church of Basil on the hill, idezhe stoyasha idols, and Perun, and others, O Soul, Prince tvoryashe rites and ye people, and to begin the on gradom church and priests, and People on the baptism all privoditi gradom and selom. Sending and deliberate beginning poimati Chadi children and dayati on book learning ... ".
 
"..." We vopiem to the Lord our God, saying: "Blagoslovlen Lord, who hath not give us their lovitvu tooth." Network broken, and we get rid of byhom deceived devil. And died from his memory shumom and Lord veky prebyvaet, hvalim of Towns of the children, pevaem Bb Trinity, and the demonic proklinaemi from the pious and the faithful husband, wife, saw a total of his ilk are the baptism of repentance and forgiveness of Bb grehov, novii lyude, hristyanstii, electing God . Volodimir prosveschen Samye, and his sons, and his land. "