About the book: 2012 / From what time should the history of the Baptism of Rus' be counted? From the day when the Apostle Andrew the First-Called, according to legend, erected a cross on the Kyiv mountains? Or from Askold’s Baptism of Rus'? Or, finally, from the Epiphany of Vladimirov, officially recognized by our Church and secular historiography? But what preceded the establishment of the cross by the apostle on the Kyiv mountains? After all, Saint Andrew erected the cross not only for the Glory of God, but also to enlighten the ancestors of the Eastern Slavs with the light of Christ’s Truth. What was the path of our distant ancestors to Baptism in the Dnieper - the path to true faith?