Alexei

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Alexei

• Passion-Bearer AlexeiJuly 30Youngest child of Tsar Nicholas II and heir to the throne, killed with his family at Yekaterinburg in 1918.
• New Martyr Alexei TruppLatvian footman of Tsar Nicholas II, shot at Yekaterinburg on July 17, 1918 with the imperial family.
• Righteous Alexei MechevJune 9Moscow archpriest, parish priest of Saint Nicholas Church in Klenniki, died in 1923; glorified by the Council of Bishops.
• Hieromartyr Alexei PorfiryevOctober 24Archpriest born into a peasant family of Simbirsk province, a graduate of the Saint Petersburg Academy, who died a martyr in 1918.
• Hieromartyr Alexei BenemanskyNovember 22Archpriest born into a priest's family in Tver province, who died a martyr in 1937; canonized in 2000.
• Hieromartyr Alexei VeselovskyNovember 26Priest born in 1873 into a psalm-reader's family, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1937.
• Hieromartyr Alexei VorobyovAugust 7Archpriest born in a village of the Kirov region, a soldier in the First World War, shot at Butovo in 1937.
• Hieromartyr Alexei SharovFebruary 4Archpriest from a clerical family, born in 1883, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1938; canonized in 2000.
• Martyr Alexei SkorobogatovMarch 23Born in 1889 in Moscow province, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1938; canonized as a martyr in 2000.
• Hieromartyr Alexei KantserovMay 21Priest, a graduate of the Ufa seminary and teacher at a parish school, who was killed on 25 June 1918.
• Hieromartyr Alexei BudrinAugust 28Priest, a priest's son and deputy of the Fourth State Duma for Perm, who was killed in September 1918.
• Hieromartyr Alexei SibirskyOctober 31Priest born at Kozlovo into a priest's family, who died a martyr on 13 November 1937.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Alexei?

The name day of Alexei is July 30, the feast of Passion-Bearer Alexei. It is also kept on June 9, October 24, November 22, November 26, August 7, February 4, March 23, May 21.

II.Which saints bore the name Alexei?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Alexei, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Alexei a good baptismal name?

Yes. Alexei is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Passion-Bearer Alexei as patron.