Dionysius of Turov

Holy Martyr Dionysius of Turov is commemorated on 28 April, by the old calendar, as a Christian preacher killed by pagans in the Turov region, in the earliest days of the Christianization of that land.

Local tradition preserves the name of the martyr Dionysius, who came to Turov to preach the Christian faith after the time of the Varangian Tur (who gave the city its name) and was killed by pagans. Local historians hold that Turov became a Christian city already in the time of Prince Vladimir, the enlightener of Russia, and link the beginning of its Christianization to that period. These data come from Archimandrite Anatoly's preface to the works of Saint Cyril of Turov and are taken over in the menologion of Dimitry Sambikin. No years or details of his life are known.