Alexis

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Alexis

• Venerable Alexis the Man of GodMarch 17Monk of the fourth century, known for a life lived in anonymity and devoted to Christ.
• Saint Alexis of MoscowFebruary 12Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus from 1354, who led the Muscovite government during Dmitri Donskoi's minority.
• Confessor Alexis Toth of Wilkes-BarreMay 7Ruthenian priest born in Slovakia, who became an Orthodox missionary in the United States; died at Wilkes-Barre in 1909.
• Venerable Alexis of GoloseevoMarch 11Monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, born in 1840 and died in 1917, venerated as a saint.
• Venerable Alexis of Zosima HermitageSeptember 19Hieroschemamonk, elder of Zosima Hermitage, known for his role in electing the Patriarch of All Russia; 1846-1928.
• Righteous Alexis of UgineJuly 20Archpriest of the Russian parishes in Western Europe, parish priest at Ugine in France; died in 1934.
• Righteous Alexis of BortsurmanyApril 21Priest of the Dormition Church in the village of Bortsurmany, Simbirsk province, honored as righteous; died in 1848.
• Venerable Alexis KabalyukApril 24Schema-archimandrite and Carpatho-Rusyn missionary, born in 1877, died at Iza in 1947; a local saint.
• Venerable Martyr Alexis GavrinNovember 27Monk born in 1883 in Tambov province, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1937; canonized in 2001.
• AZMartyr Alexis ZverevAugust 14Russian missionary against the Old Believer schism, born in 1872 and martyred in 1918 in the Perm region.
• AOHieromartyr Alexis OrlovAugust 22Archbishop of Omsk, born in 1862 and executed in 1937 at Lisya Balka; canonized by the Russian Church.
• Hieromartyr Alexis BelkovskyNovember 19Archbishop of Velikiy Ustyug and Ust-Vym, canonized by the Russian Church, who died in 1937 at the age of 95.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Alexis?

The name day of Alexis is March 17, the feast of Venerable Alexis the Man of God. It is also kept on February 12, May 7, March 11, September 19, July 20, April 21, April 24, November 27.

II.Which saints bore the name Alexis?

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

III.Is Alexis a good baptismal name?

Yes. Alexis is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Alexis the Man of God as patron.