Ten years ago, on July 28, 2010, Ukraine marked the commemoration of St. Volodymyr the Great, grand-prince of Kyiv-Rus’, and the baptism of Kyiv-Rus’-Ukraine in 988.
More than 10,000 faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), as it was called, now absorbed as part of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, held a procession through Kyiv from St. Volodymyr Cathedral to the monument to St. Prince Volodymyr that overlooks the Dnipro River and concluded with a moleben service.