Dmitry

Dmitry ( ; Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri ( ); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or )) 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" (Δημήτηρ, Dēmētēr), "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 ( , or ); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are Dima, Dimka, Dimochka, Dimulya, Dimusha, Dimon etc. ( , etc.)

Dmitry ( ; Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri ( ); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or )) 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" (Δημήτηρ, Dēmētēr), "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 ( , or ); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are Dima, Dimka, Dimochka, Dimulya, Dimusha, Dimon etc. ( , etc.) ==St. Dimitri's Day== The feast of the martyr Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica is celebrated on Saturday before November 8 [ Old Style: October 26]. The name day (именины): October 26 (November 8 on the Julian Calendar) See also: Eastern 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=== Dmitry Donskoy (1350–1389), Grand Prince of Muscovy Dmitry of Pereslavl (1250–1294), Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal Dmitry Pozharsky (1577–1642), Russian prince and military leader Dmitry of Suzdal (1324–1383), Prince of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod Dmitry of Tver (1299–1326), nicknamed "The Fearsome Eyes" Dmitry of Uglich (Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia) (1582–1591), the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible Later impostors claimed to be this son: False Dmitry I (Grigory Otrepyev), appeared 1605–1606 False Dmitry II, appeared 1607–1610 False Dmitry III, appeared 1611–1612 ==See also== For the variants of the name in other languages, see Demetrius ==References==

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