Czy Litwa przyj\u0119\u0142a chrzest za po\u015brednictwem Polski? Chrzest Wielkiego Ksi\u0119stwa Litewskiego (bo tak w tamtych czasach nazywa\u0142o si\u0119 Litw\u0119) zosta\u0142 przeprowadzony du\u017co, du\u017co p\u00f3\u017aniej ni\u017c chrzest polski. Odby\u0142 si\u0119 on dopiero w latach 1387- 1388, a wi\u0119c prawie 400 lat po tym, jak Mieszko pierwszy raz uczyni\u0142 znak krzy\u017ca. Nale\u017cy przy tym zaznaczy\u0107, \u017ce nie od razu ca\u0142a Litwa przyj\u0119\u0142a chrzest, a dzia\u0142o si\u0119 to etapami. \u017bmud\u017a, czyli ostatni z 5 region\u00f3w etnograficznych \u00f3wczesnego Wielkiego Ksi\u0119stwa Litewskiego, na chrze\u015bcija\u0144stwo przesz\u0142a dopiero \u0107wier\u0107 wieku p\u00f3\u017aniej, bo w 1413 roku.<\/p>\n
At that time, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the only non-Christian state in all of Europe. However, even here there are some inaccuracies, because only the indigenous Lithuanian lands, or about 10% of the whole territory, are considered a pagan state at that time. All the rest was Christianized together with the Ruthenian lands in 988 in the Orthodox rite. Thus, only a small part of the Lithuanian State remained pagan. The ruler of the Lithuanian lands himself, Ladislaus II Jagiello, was a Christian ruler because he received Orthodox baptism immediately after his birth. Later he was also baptised in the Catholic Church. <\/span><\/p>\n It is said that the immediate reason why the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was baptised was the threat from the Teutonic Order. Lithuania, being the only pagan country, was an easy target for the Teutonic Knights, who saw themselves as defenders of the faith and used this as the main reason for their attacks. Paganism did not put Lithuania in a positive light in the rest of western Europe either. It became such a nuisance that the Lithuanians decided to be baptised through Poland. The ruler of the principality, Ladislaus II Jagiello, by the Union of Krevo in 1385 pledged that the Grand Duchy of Lithuania would be baptised through Poland.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Czy Litwa przyj\u0119\u0142a chrzest za po\u015brednictwem Polski? Chrzest Wielkiego Ksi\u0119stwa Litewskiego (bo tak w tamtych czasach nazywa\u0142o si\u0119 Litw\u0119) zosta\u0142 przeprowadzony du\u017co, du\u017co p\u00f3\u017aniej ni\u017c chrzest polski. Odby\u0142 si\u0119 on dopiero w latach 1387- 1388, a wi\u0119c prawie 400 lat po tym, jak Mieszko pierwszy raz uczyni\u0142 znak krzy\u017ca. Nale\u017cy przy tym zaznaczy\u0107, \u017ce nie …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_faqm_faq_html":"","_faqm_faq_schema":"","_faqm_schema_mode":"","_faqm_enabled":false,"_faqm_html_hash":"","_faqm_body_hash":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chrzest-polski"],"yoast_head":"\n