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[ Byzantine missionary: Can one make a Christian of a "barbarian"? : Mozhno li Sdelat` iz "Varvara" Khristianina?]
Moscow: Iazyki Slavianskoi Kul`tury, 2003 376 p Hardcover. 14 x 21 cm ISBN: 5944571144 Language: Russian
What are the main missionary achievements of Byzantium? One could say that they were the Cyrillic alphabets and the baptizing of Rus. However not one Byzantine source mentions these achievements. Why are the written sources silent on these subjects? Could one make a Christian of a "barbarian"? The author seeks the answer to this question in Byzantine sources. Bibliographic references. Sergei Ivanov (b. 1956) is a specialist in relations between Byzantium and Old Slavic countries