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|SaintName=Saint Volodymyr the Great | |SaintName=Saint Volodymyr the Great | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=July 15 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Budiatyn (near Kyiv), Kievan Rus' | |SaintBirthPlace=Budiatyn (near Kyiv), Kievan Rus' | ||
|DeathPlace=Berestove (near Kyiv), Kievan Rus' | |DeathPlace=Berestove (near Kyiv), Kievan Rus' | ||
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| | |AssociatedCountries=Ukraine; Russia | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church]]; [[Russian Orthodox Church]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Healing of the blind and lame at tomb | |SaintMiracle1=Healing of the blind and lame at tomb | ||
|SaintMiracle2=Preservation of relics | |SaintMiracle2=Preservation of relics | ||
|Profession=Grand Prince of Kyiv | |Profession=Grand Prince of Kyiv | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Eastern Orthodox Church | |ReligiousAffiliation=Eastern Orthodox Church | ||
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|PrimaryShrine=Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Lavrska St, 15, Kyiv, Ukraine | |PrimaryShrine=Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Lavrska St, 15, Kyiv, Ukraine | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | ||
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'''Saint Volodymyr the Great''' (Old East Slavic: '''Владимѣръ Свѧтославичь'''; c. 958 – 15 July 1015), also known as '''Vladimir the Great''' or '''Saint Vladimir''', was Grand Prince of Kyiv from 980 to 1015 and the ruler who officially adopted Christianity as the state religion of Kievan Rusʼ in 988, earning him the title “Equal-to-the-Apostles.”<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/07/15/102036-saint-vladimir-equal-to-the-apostles-and-enlightener-of-the-rus |title=Saint Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles |publisher=Orthodox Church in America |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born the illegitimate son of Prince Sviatoslav I and Malusha, he seized power in 980 after civil war with his brothers, initially reigning as a pagan ruler who expanded Rusʼ territory and consolidated power. According to the ''Primary Chronicle'' and hagiographic tradition, after examining world religions and influenced by his grandmother Saint Olga and Byzantine diplomacy, Volodymyr accepted baptism in Chersonesos (Crimea) c. 987–988, married Byzantine princess Anna Porphyrogenita, and ordered the mass baptism of Kyiv’s inhabitants in the Dnipro River in 988.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=771 |title=St. Vladimir |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> | '''Saint Volodymyr the Great''' (Old East Slavic: '''Владимѣръ Свѧтославичь'''; c. 958 – 15 July 1015), also known as '''Vladimir the Great''' or '''Saint Vladimir''', was Grand Prince of Kyiv from 980 to 1015 and the ruler who officially adopted Christianity as the state religion of Kievan Rusʼ in 988, earning him the title “Equal-to-the-Apostles.”<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/07/15/102036-saint-vladimir-equal-to-the-apostles-and-enlightener-of-the-rus |title=Saint Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles |publisher=Orthodox Church in America |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born the illegitimate son of Prince Sviatoslav I and Malusha, he seized power in 980 after civil war with his brothers, initially reigning as a pagan ruler who expanded Rusʼ territory and consolidated power. According to the ''Primary Chronicle'' and hagiographic tradition, after examining world religions and influenced by his grandmother Saint Olga and Byzantine diplomacy, Volodymyr accepted baptism in Chersonesos (Crimea) c. 987–988, married Byzantine princess Anna Porphyrogenita, and ordered the mass baptism of Kyiv’s inhabitants in the Dnipro River in 988.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=771 |title=St. Vladimir |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> | ||