Vladimir

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Vladimir

• Equal-to-the-Apostles Vladimir of KievJuly 15Prince who accepted Baptism in 988 and Christianized Kievan Rus.
• Right-Believing Vladimir of NovgorodOctober 4Eldest son of Yaroslav the Wise, Prince of Novgorod from 1036 until his death in 1052.
• Hieromartyr Vladimir of KyivJanuary 25Metropolitan of Moscow, then of Kyiv, killed in Kyiv in 1918 at the start of the Bolshevik persecution.
• Hieromartyr Vladimir MorinskySeptember 2Priest born at Saint Petersburg in 1883, orphaned early, who died a martyr in Kazakhstan in 1937.
• Hieromartyr Vladimir PetrekSeptember 5Orthodox priest of Prague, executed in 1942 during the German occupation.
• Confessor Vladimir VorobyovMitred archpriest of the Russian Church, born into a peasant family; a confessor who died in 1940.
• Hieromartyr Vladimir AmbartsumovOctober 23Russian priest born in Shemakha, shot at Butovo on 5 November 1937.
• Confessor Vladimir KhiraskoFebruary 3Archpriest and school teacher, honored locally in Belarus, glorified in 2000 as a confessor; he died in 1933.
• VVHieromartyr Vladimir VvedenskyMarch 21Priest born in Shuya in 1869, who died on 3 April 1931 on Anzer Island.
• Hieromartyr Vladimir Lozina-LozinskyDecember 13Archpriest born at Dukhovshchina, who died a martyr in Novgorod on 26 December 1937; canonized in 2000.
• VVHieromartyr Vladimir VasilevskyMay 19Priest born in Tashkent in 1892, venerated as a local saint in the Ukrainian Church, who died a martyr in 1938.
• VVHieromartyr Vladimir VvedenskyOctober 21Russian priest born in 1881 in Tver province, who died a martyr in 1937 at Kashin.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Vladimir?

The name day of Vladimir is July 15, the feast of Equal-to-the-Apostles Vladimir of Kiev. It is also kept on October 4, January 25, September 2, September 5, October 23, February 3, March 21, December 13.

II.Which saints bore the name Vladimir?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Vladimir, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Vladimir a good baptismal name?

Yes. Vladimir is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Equal-to-the-Apostles Vladimir of Kiev as patron.