From the onset the Kievan princes followed the Byzantine example and kept the Church dependent on them, even for its revenues, so that the Russian Church and state were always closely linked.
En diante, os príncipes de Kiev seguirían o exemplo bizantino e manterían a Igrexa directamente dependente deles, ata en ingresos, de maneira que a Igrexa Rusa e o Estado estivesen permanentemente unidos.