Aftermath of Kievan Rus' Christianization

Timeline

1. 1001Kiev · Kievan Rus'With Vladimir's support, Orthodox dioceses gradually expanded in Kiev and in Novgorod, Vladimir-Volhynsk, and elsewhere; the clergy became important participants in court and local governance, and baptism, wedding, and festival rites began to regulate Rus' social life.
2. 1001City-states of Kievan Rus' · Kievan Rus'Although the state banned public worship of Perun and other old gods, some pagan rites persisted in rural and remote areas; occasional political friction arose from faith differences among princely families, giving Christianization a complex picture of top-down imposition coexisting with local lag.