Dmitry


Dmitry ; Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri ; ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios. The meaning of the name is "devoted to, dedicated to, or follower of Demeter", "mother-earth", the Greek goddess of agriculture.
Short forms of the name from the 13th-14th centuries are: Mit, Mitya, Mityay, Mit'ka or Miten'ka ; from the 20th century are: Dima, Dimka, Dimochka, Dimulya, Dimusha etc.

St. Dimitri's Day

The feast of the martyr Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica is celebrated on Saturday before November 8 .
The name day : October 26 See also: Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar.
The Saturday before October 26/November 8 is called Demetrius Saturday and commemorates those Orthodox soldiers who fell in the Battle of Kulikovo.

Notable people named Dmitry

Historical

Later impostors claimed to be this son: