A baptismal name for a girl
Alexandra
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Alexandra
Passion-Bearer Alexandra FeodorovnaApril 23Wife of Tsar Nicholas II, killed with her family at Yekaterinburg in 1918.
Martyr Alexandra the EmpressApril 23Martyr of the Diocletian persecution, mentioned in the account of the martyrdom of Saint George.
Martyr Alexandra of AmisusMarch 20Martyr of Amisus in Asia Minor, killed in 310 with Claudia and other Christian women; commemorated March 20.
Right-Believing Alexandra BryachislavnaNovember 23Princess of Polotsk, daughter of Bryachislav Vasilkovich and wife of Alexander Nevsky, venerated locally in the Vladimir diocese.
Venerable Alexandra MelgunovaJune 13Noblewoman married to a colonel, later a schemanun and founder of the Diveevo community; died in 1789.- Martyr Alexandra of AncyraMay 18A martyr of Ancyra, put to death for her faith in Christ.
- Martyr Alexandra BulgakovaOctober 2A Russian woman put to death for her faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Alexandra ChervyakovaSeptember 30A Russian nun put to death for her faith in Christ in 1937, during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Alexandra DyachkovaMarch 1A Russian nun put to death for her faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Alexandra KhvorostyannikovaSeptember 17A Russian nun put to death for her faith in Christ in 1943, during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Alexandra KasparovaFebruary 5A Russian nun who died a martyr for her faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Martyr Alexandra LebedevaA Russian woman who died a martyr for her faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
Questions
The name day of Alexandra is April 23, the feast of Passion-Bearer Alexandra Feodorovna. It is also kept on March 20, November 23, June 13, May 18, October 2, September 30, March 1, September 17.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Alexandra, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Alexandra is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Passion-Bearer Alexandra Feodorovna as patron.