Завдання № 1

Read and translate orally the chapters of the book on Ukraine: “Volodymyr the Great”, “Religion and Church”. Write out the meanings of the following words from the dictionary and memorize them:

to flee

to expel

to capture

to expand

to install

to wage

to baptize

to defeat

to convince

to venerate

tribe

realm

tribute

access

rampart

destruction

clergy

venue

gospel

holy

Завдання № 2

Match the years with the events, as shown below, and translate each sentence in a written form:

956 – Volodymyr the Great was born.

988 –

1015 –

1458 –

1596 –

1870 –

Завдання № 3

Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple, Present Perfect or Past Perfect (Active or Passive):

1. Later Volodymyr the Great became convinced that a monotheistic religion

(to consolidate) his power.

2. Volodymyr and his associates (to baptize).

3. The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Monastery (to appear) in the second half of the 11th century.

4. By 1919 the exponents of total Ukrainization (to found) a separate Autocephalous Church.

5. The Ukrainian Church (to undergo) considerable changes.

Завдання № 4

Answer the following questions on the text:

1. When was Christianity imposed in Kyiv Rus?

2. What was the first monastery in Kyiv Rus?

3. What three churches formed an alliance in 1596 in Brest?

4. Who converted the people of Kyiv Rus to Christianity?

5. When were the citizens of Kyiv baptized?

6. During whose reign was the Church of Tithes built?

7. Which of the Kyiv princes was canonized?

8. Where was Volodymyr the Great buried?

9. When were the first Ukrainian Gospels published?

10. When was a separate Autocephalous Orthodox Church founded?