Theodore the Varangian and his son John
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title:
Theodore the Varangian and his son John
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Theodore the Varangian and his son John are the names traditionally attributed to a Varangian Christian man from Greece and his young son living in Kiev, who were killed in a story recorded in the Primary Chronicle under the year 6491 (983). The chronicle glorifies their deaths as examples of Christian martyrs who suffered persecution by the pagan establishment of Kievan Rus' during the reign of prince Vladimir the Great.
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Christian martyrs in the Primary Chronicle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_the_Varangian_and_his_son_John
date created:
2014-05-15T09:43:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T20:45:57Z
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