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title: "Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Great Princess Olga"
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# Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Great Princess Olga

Life dates

c. 920 – 969

Region

Kievan Rus

Canonization

Universal veneration (saint of the undivided Church / whole Orthodox Church)

## Short life

Ruler of Kievan Rus during the minority of her son Svyatoslav. Baptized in Constantinople (c. 957, taking the name Helen), the first Christian among the rulers of Rus; grandmother of Prince Vladimir.

## Related

- Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga, Great Princess of Russia, in baptism Helen