Saint Vladimir

The Slavic name Vladimir means "owning the world". This concept is not better characterized by the Grand Duke Vladimir - the Baptist of Russia. The Holy Equal-to-Apostle Great Prince Vladimir on the century ahead predetermined the spiritual destinies of the Russian Church and the Russian Orthodox People. Metropolitan Hilarion, Saint Kyiv, in the word about the law and grace, was said in the 40s of the XI century, on the day of the memory of St. Vladimir in his crayfish in the ten temple, calls the Grand Duke in the Vladyki apostle, the Oddon of St. Constantine and compares his apostolic In the evangelism of Russian land with the evils of the Holy Apostles. The bright personalities left the mark in the history of Russia and in the memory of Russian people were also the blessing prince Serpukhovsky and Borovsky Vladimir Andreevich Brave and the Blessed Prince Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomakh. Their names are crowned with good glory. Especially many of the saints gave Russia XX century. Records about the new martyrs of the Russian, collected in the book, sometimes contain short details about their life and a feat. But even the grains of information are valuable to descendants. They testify to people who did not specify anyone, did not break down, they were not recognized as guilty of themselves. Our Orthodox Church was washed by their martyr"s blood, their prayers were alive Russia