Catherine is a Greek name meaning purity and purity. It is common both in the secular world and in the church environment, being traditional for many European countries, as well as Russia. The subject of discussion of this article regarding those who bear the name Catherine is the name day (angel's day) - that is, the day on which the memory of their patron saints is celebrated.
February 5th. Martyr Catherine (Cherkasova)
The first in the list of our saints will be the Martyr Catherine. She was born in 1892 in the Moscow province. Since 1915 she was a novice of a monastery in the Klin district. The monastery was closed in 1922, after which Catherine moved to one of the villages of the Istra region. Like many other monastics and members of the clergy, Catherine was arrested during the period of repressions of 1937-1939 on charges of anti-Soviet activities. On the basis of the accusation, she was sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out on February 5, 1938. In 2001, she was canonized, setting the day of memory, and, accordingly, the day of the angel Catherine on February 5.
17 February. Venerable Martyr Catherine (Dekalina)
This woman was born in 1875 in the Simbirsk province. At the age of fifteen, she entered the monastery of Simbirsk as a novice, where she lived until the closing of the monastery in 1920. In 1937, she was arrested along with a group of others, accused of organizing counter-revolutionary activities, and sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out on February 17, 1938. As a saint, she was glorified in 2004 by the definition of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church MP. February 17 is the day of the angel Catherine. The date corresponds to the day the woman died.
20 March. Venerable Martyr Catherine (Konstantinova)
Ekaterina Konstantinova was born in 1887 near Moscow. Already in 1905, she entered one of the Moscow women's monasteries for obedience. Like many other monasteries, it was closed shortly after the revolution. When this happened, Catherine moved to live in her native village, where she lived until 1938, when she was arrested on charges of anti-Soviet activities. On March 20 of the same year, she was shot. Catherine was canonized as a saint in 2002. The day of the angel Catherine, named after this saint, falls on the day of her death - March 20.
December 7th. Great Martyr Catherine of Alexandria
There is little information about who this woman really was. It is quite possible that the life presents a collective, largely mythological image of the saint, which differs significantly from the prototype. One way or another, church tradition claims that this woman lived in the III centuryin the city of Alexandria. She was converted to Christianity from paganism by a certain monk from Syria. The death of a woman is associated with her attempt to convert the emperor Maximinus to Christianity, when he made sacrifices during a pagan holiday. Instead, the ruler was seduced by her beauty and tried to bring her back to the bosom of the paternal faith, wanting to make her his wife. But Catherine refused, for which she was tortured and, in the end, beheaded. Day of the angel Catherine named in memory of this saint is celebrated on December 7.
December 17th. Martyr Catherine (Arskaya)
This woman, who later became a holy martyr, was born in 1875 in St. Petersburg. She graduated from St. Petersburg University, was married to a military artillery officer. In 1918, she lost two daughters who died from a cholera epidemic. Two years later, Catherine completely lost all family members - her husband and remaining children, who died of dysentery. Life's tragedies led her to close ties with the Alexander Nevsky Brotherhood, which subsequently played a key role in her fate. She was arrested in 1932 on charges of counter-revolutionary activities and sentenced to three years of hard labor in camps. When the term of punishment expired, she was forbidden to return to St. Petersburg, and therefore she settled in one of the villages of the Novgorod province. In 1937 he was re-arrested and sentenced to capital punishment. On December 17, Catherine was shot. She was glorified as a saint in 2003. Catherine's Angel Daythose bearing the name in honor of this martyr celebrate December 17.
