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Published by Interfax (Russian News Agency)
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Thursday, 10 July 2008 |
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"Kiev Patriarchate"
to deny Russia the right to be called Rus
The self-proclaimed "Kiev Patriarchate" is to specify
the term Rus in frames of celebrating the 900th anniversary of the St. Michael
Zlatoverkhy Monastery and the 1020th anniversary of Russia's Baptism.
"To mark the two jubilees we're conducting a Local
Council where we shall amend the term Rus as today Moscow says that Rus is
rather Russia than Ukraine," Denisenko said.
According to him, the amendment will be introduced on the
basis of old chronicles, including those of Nestor.
"Old chronicles proves that the 9th -10th centuries Rus
included today's Ukraine, a part of Byelorussia, Baltic States and a part of
Poland. There was no such locality as Moscow then and today they (Russians -
IF) consider themselves Rus, while it is historically untrue," Denisenko
stressed.
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