Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Alexisthe Man of God

Venerable· Green: Colour of the Holy Spirit and eternal life

“Unrecognized, he humbly asked his father’s permission to settle in some corner of his courtyard ...He humbly endured insults and jeering from the servants of his father.”
St. Alexis the Man of God

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

4th century

Rome, Roman Empire

Death

411

Rome, Roman Empire

History

Uncovering of Relics
1216

Life path

  • Distributed possessions

Undertakings & Callings

  • Fasting
  • Virginity
  • Asceticism

God's Gifts

  • Myrrh-streaming relics
  • Healing

Sufferings

  • Mockery
  • Torment

Places

  • Mesopotamia
  • Tarsus, Asia Minor
  • Rome, Roman Empire

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