St. Alexander, Patriarch of Alexandria icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6

St. Alexander, Patriarch of Alexandria icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6Orthodox icon of Saint Alexander Patriarch of Alexandria, the Confessor. Commemorated May 29. Our father among the Saint Alexander of Alexandria was the Pope of Alexandria and leader of the Church of Alexandria during the early part of the fourth century. During his reign he had to deal with major issues that confronted the Church as it gained its freedom from Roman persecutions, including the rise of Arianism and the dating of Pascha. He was a leader

Saints Victor and Stephanie contested in Damascus in 160

tried to persuade her to renounce the Christian Faith and become his wife

The relics of the hieromartyr were at first located on Cyprus and were glorified by numerous miracles

'Amolyntos" (1)

slaves lit a fire to burn his body

Commemorated January 11

then transferred the sacred relic they had received to Malta

and communed them with the Holy Mysteries

The disciple of St John

and as a storm-tossed sailor needs a port

to whom God had revealed that the Savior of the world would be born from his seed

the title given to the archangel and its association with the Angel Michael in the Last Judgement incline us to suppose that the scene has some eschatological context