The is also referred to as European Recovery Program and it was an assistance program of the United States of America to Western Europe. It was enacted by the 80th US Congress and signed into law on the 3rd of April, 1948 by President Harry S. Truman.
The US-sponspored program was revealed by the U.S Secretary of State, George C. Marshall and it was focused on promoting general welfare, global peace, and national interest through strong economic and financial interventions.
Hence, the goal of the Marshall Plan was to help countries in Western Europe resist communism through strong economies by stimulating an effective level of production and by extension the buying and selling of goods between various countries (world trade).
Christianity was apparently introduced into the East Slavic state of Kievan Rus by Greek missionaries from Byzantium in the 9th century. An organized Christian community is known to have existed at Kiev as early as the first half of the 10th century, and in 957 St.
