Dmitry

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Dmitri, Dmitry or Dmitriy, sometimes also Dmitrij (Russian: Дми́трий - IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj]); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (Дими́трий); ancient Russian forms: D'mitr(iy) or Dmitr (Дьмитр(ии) or Дъмитръ) is a male given name, the version of Greek Demetrius. The meaning of the name is a "devoted to", "dedicated to, or "follower of Demeter" [Dêmêtêr - Δημητηρ or Demetra], "mother-earth", the Greek goddess of agriculture).

Short forms of the name from the 13th-14th centuries are: Mitya, Mityay, Mit'ka or Miten'ka (Ми́тя, Митя́й, Ми́тька, or Ми́тенька); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are: Dima, Dimka, Dimochka, Dimulya etc. (Ди́ма, Ди́мка, Ди́мочка, Диму́ля, etc.)

Dmitry is one of the most popular names in Russia. The statistics shows that for five months in the period from March 16 to August 16 in 2005 in Moscow: 1390 boys were named Alexander, 1087 Maksim, 1085 Nikita, 1070 Ivan, and 867 Dmitry.[citation needed]

St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki
St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki

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[edit] St. Dimitri's Day

The feast of the Saint Dimitri Solunski, martyr (St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki) is celebrated on Saturday before November 8 [Old Style October 26].

The name day (именины): October 26 (November 8 on the Gregorian Calendar) 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.

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