Name day
Alexis: Name Day and Patron Saint
Alexis keeps the name day on 17 March, or 30 March on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Alexis the Man of God.
- Patron saint
- St Alexis the Man of God
- New Calendar
- 17 March
- Old Calendar
- 30 March
- Next name day
- 17 March 2027 (New Calendar) · 30 March 2027 (Old Calendar)
- In the feast calendar
- The feasts of March
The patron saint: St Alexis the Man of God
Kept on 17 March, or 30 March on the Old Calendar · Venerable Alexis the Man of God
The son of a Roman senator who left his bride to live as a beggar and died unknown on the steps of his father’s house.
Other saints named Alexis
the Royal Passion-Bearers
Kept on 17 July · Martyrdom at Yekaterinburg (1918)
The last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas, his wife Alexandra and their five children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexei, lived as one household of the Church of Christ, bound together by love. The Church’s hymns praise how they built their home on love, kept their marriage honorable, and raised their daughters as wise virgins for Christ. Their son Alexei bore a grave illness from infancy as a cross from the Lord, without complaint. During the war the Empress and her elder daughters served the wounded as sisters of mercy. After the Tsar’s abdication in 1917 the family was held in captivity. They bore humiliation with Christian meekness, prayed together, and forgave their persecutors. In the night of 16-17 July 1918 they were killed together at Yekaterinburg. The Russian Church Abroad glorified them in 1981, and the Moscow Patriarchate glorified them in 2000 as passion-bearers, those who imitate Christ by meekly accepting suffering and death.
What the faithful pray for
- love and unity in the family
- a faithful and honorable marriage
- raising children in the faith
- healing of sick children
- comfort for parents grieving over children in sickness or sin
- patience and meekness in suffering
- forgiveness of enemies
- the spiritual welfare of Russia and her people
Protection
- the family hearth
- children from sickness and the passions of this age
- the persecuted
- Orthodox families from division
Miracles
- Tsarevich Alexei was born, after long prayer, as ‘the fruit of the prayers of the Wonderworker of Sarov’, the longed-for heir of his royal parents. (source)
- Collections of testimonies record many healings and answered prayers through the intercession of the Royal Passion-bearers since their glorification. (source)
St Alexis of Moscow
Kept on 12 February, or 25 February on the Old Calendar · St Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow
The Metropolitan of Moscow and friend of St Sergius, who guided Russia through the time of the Horde.
St Alexis of Wilkes-Barre
Kept on 7 May, or 20 May on the Old Calendar · Righteous Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America
The priest who led thousands of Carpatho-Russian immigrants in Pennsylvania back to the Orthodox Church.
Alexis in other languages
| Language | The name | Short forms |
|---|---|---|
| English | Alexis, Alexius, Alexei, Alexey | |
| Greek | Αλέξιος, Alexios | Αλέξης, Alexis |
| Russian | Алексей, Алексий, Aleksei, Alexei, Alexey, Aleksey, Aleksii | Алёша, Лёша, Лёха, Alyosha, Alesha, Lyosha, Liosha, Lesha, Lyokha |
| Ukrainian | Олексій, Oleksiy, Oleksii | Олекса, Oleksa |
| Bulgarian | Алексий, Aleksiy | |
| Serbian | Алексеј, Aleksej, Aleksije | |
| Georgian | Aleksi |
Icons of St Alexis the Man of God
Folding diptychRoyal Passion-Bearers (Romanov family) & Feodorovskaya Mother of God
$99$69
Folding diptychRoyal Passion-Bearers (Romanov family) & Guardian Angel
$99$69
Folding diptychSts Nicholas II & Alexandra (Royal Passion-Bearers)
$99$69
Have it consecrated by our priest before it reaches you: Consecration, $49.
A name-day gift for Alexis
Name-Day Gift Set $213$149
A patron saint's folding diptych chosen by first name, a stainless steel crucifix and a prayer rope, in a gift box with a card giving the saint's life and feast day.
The St Nicholas the Wonderworker & Guardian Angel Folding Diptych is chosen, for the Guardian Angel every Orthodox Christian receives at baptism, and the name is filled in.
Other names with this saint
Questions
When is Alexis’s name day?
Alexis keeps the name day on 17 March on the New Calendar and on 30 March on the Old Calendar, the feast of St Alexis the Man of God.
Who is the patron saint of Alexis?
St Alexis the Man of God. The son of a Roman senator who left his bride to live as a beggar and died unknown on the steps of his father’s house.
How is Alexis written in other languages?
Greek: Αλέξιος (Alexios), Russian: Алексей (Aleksei), Ukrainian: Олексій (Oleksiy), Bulgarian: Алексий (Aleksiy), Serbian: Алексеј (Aleksej) and Georgian: Aleksi. Every form of the name keeps the same saint.
What is a good name-day gift for Alexis?
We don’t carry an icon of St Alexis the Man of God yet, and you can ask for one on this page. Every Orthodox Christian has a Guardian Angel from baptism, so the Name-Day Gift Set ($149) with the Guardian Angel diptych is always fitting.
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