The Impact of Orthodoxy on Russia

Vladimir in his wisdom chooses the Eastern Orthodox Church, it's set out in this very Talmudic way with Vladimir being the king Solomon of southern Eurasia. It took a long while before the influence of orthodoxy spread down to the ordinary people. The idea that Russia really was a holy land, that Christ was going to return not anywhere else but to Russia is something that becomes quite deep seated in the Russian psyche. But you can't imagine Protestantism in Russia in this sort of cultural pre-existing belief systems.