This day in Russian history - Today, on the day of memory of St. Michael, the first Metropolitan of Kiev, we remember Empress Maria Feodorovnatranslated

Saint Michael, the first Metropolitan of Kiev, according to the Joachim Chronicle, was a Syrian by birth, according to other chronicle reports - a Serb. In 989, he arrived from Korsun along with other clergy to the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir, who had recently received Baptism.

The first metropolitan of the Russian Church had a difficult but grace-filled ministry.