Question

Evaluate the reasons and select the correct response: What sparked the spread of Christianity by the Greek Orthodox Church into Eastern Europe?

Answer 1

Greek Missionaries of the Orthodox Church visiting neighbouring countries to learn the languages, and spread the word of God. Christianity was carried into Kyivan Rus by missionaries from Byzantian in the 9th century. Saint Methodius and Saint Cyril were the first to start the spreading Christianity among the Slavs by converting the Bible into Slavonic. Patriarch Ignatius (Photios I of Constantinople) tried to spread Christianity by sending Christian bishops in Novgorod.

Answer 2

Christianity made its way into Eastern Europe during 9th and 10th centuries. This was the period when Byzantium's churchmen Patriarch Photios initiated the Christianization of the Slavs.After the Fall of Constantinople, Orthodox Christians were under the Ottoman Turkish rule. When they regained their independence, they organized Orthodox churches in the Southern and Eastern Europe.