“I still remember his words when he remembered the tradition according to which the apostle Andrew, visiting places where the city later grew up, blessed them, saying: “The glory of God is rising on these hills!” professing that the Dnieper would become the new Jordan through the baptism of Prince Volodymyr, and Kyiv – the new Jerusalem as the mother of Slavonic Christianity in East Europe.
“I still remember his words when he remembered the tradition according to which the apostle Andrew, visiting places where the city later grew up, blessed them, saying: “The glory of God is rising on these hills!” professing that the Dnieper would become the new Jordan through the baptism of Prince Volodymyr, and Kyiv – the new Jerusalem as the mother of Slavonic Christianity in East Europe.
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«Я досі пам'ятаю його слова, коли він пригадував традицію, згідно з якою апостол Андрій, відвідуючи місця, де згодом мало вирости це місто, благословив їх, кажучи: «На цих пагорбах возсіяє слава Божа», пророкуючи те, що Дніпро стало б новим Йорданом через води хрещення князя Володимира, а Київ – новим Єрусалимом, як мати слов’янського християнства на Сході Європи.
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