Dmitry


Dmitry is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of 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, Dimon 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: Orthodox liturgical calendar">Orthodoxy">Orthodox liturgical calendar. The Saturday before this is called Demetrius Saturday and commemorates the Orthodox soldiers who fell in the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo.

Notable people with the name

Pre-late modern period

Later impostors claimed to be this son:

Late modern period (from 1800)