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St. Olga, Equal to the Apostles
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St. Olga, Equal to the Apostles

died 969 · Kyiv · Feast July 11

Olga was the wife of Prince Igor of Kyiv. When the Drevlians murdered her husband, she took a fierce revenge and ruled for her young son. Around 957 she went to Constantinople and was baptized there with the name Helena, with the emperor as her godfather. She built churches and tried to bring her people to Christ, but her son Sviatoslav refused, saying his warriors would laugh at him. The faith she planted bore fruit in her grandson Vladimir.

  • Feast: July 11 (New Calendar)
  • Lived: died 969
  • Place: Kyiv
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