Orthodox saints and name days on July 15

Name days on July 15

Vladimir, Vladimiros, Kerykos, Kirykos, Kyrikos, Kirikos, Quiricus, Cyricus, Ioulitta, Ioulita, Julitta, Julita, Ioulietta

Saints and feasts of July 15

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  Vladimir of Kiev

  Saint, Βλαδίμηρος

  St. Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles, was Great Prince of Kiev in the tenth century. Raised in paganism, he sought out the true faith, and after his envoys beheld the divine services in Constantinople he received holy baptism and in 988 led his people to the waters of the Dnieper, the baptism of Rus.

  Name days: Vladimir, Vladimiros

• Kerykos and Julitta

  Martyr, Κήρυκος και Ιουλίττα

  St. Julitta was a noblewoman of Iconium who fled the persecution of Diocletian with her three-year-old son Kerykos. Arrested in Tarsus, she confessed Christ before the governor; the child, held on the governor's knee, cried out that he too was a Christian and was thrown down the steps to his death.

  Name days: Kerykos, Kirykos, Kyrikos, Kirikos, Quiricus, Cyricus, Ioulitta, Ioulita, Julitta, Julita, Ioulietta

• Lollianos the Martyr

  Martyr, Λολλιανός

  St. Lollianos is commemorated as a martyr who confessed Christ during the persecutions of the early Church. Tradition relates that he died by the sword.

• Aboudimos of Tenedos

  Martyr, Αβούδιμος

  St. Aboudimos was a Christian of the island of Tenedos who refused to sacrifice to idols during the persecution of Diocletian. Brought before the governor, he confessed Christ boldly.

• Finding of the Head of Matrona of Chios

  Saint, Ματρώνα η Χιοπολίτις

  This day commemorates the finding of the head of St. Matrona of Chios, the fifteenth-century ascetic who founded a convent on the island and is honored as one of its patrons.