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According to some ancient manuscripts, the feast of Saint Alexander was commemorated on 2 June. Today, his feast day is celebrated annually on 30 August, in a common commemoration with his fellow Patriarchs of Constantinople John IV of Constantinople (582–595, also commemorated on 2 September) and Paul IV of Constantinople (780–784).
Alexander (martyr) 2nd century Alexander I: c. 116 Alexander of Alexandria: 4th century Alexander of Bergamo: 4th century Alexander of Comana: 3rd century Alexander of Constantinople: 4th century Alexander of Jerusalem: 3rd century Alexius: 5th century Alexius of Rome: 4th century Almachius: 4th century Alphius (martyr) 3rd century Alypius of ...
Cyril gained an opportunity to restore Alexandria's pre-eminence over both Antioch and Constantinople when an Antiochine priest who was in Constantinople at Nestorius' behest began to preach against calling Mary the "Mother of God" . As the term "Mother of God" had long been attached to Mary, the laity in Constantinople complained against the ...
See Epipodius and Alexander for Saint Alexander, martyred in Lyon, 178 AD; Alexander of Rome (died c. 289), Christian martyr; Alexander of Bergamo (died c. 303), patron saint of Bergamo; may have been a Roman soldier; Alexander of Constantinople (born between 237 and 244–337), bishop of Byzantium and the bishop of Constantinople; Alexander of ...
The early history of the controversy must be pieced together from about 35 documents found in various sources. The Trinitarian historian Socrates of Constantinople reports that Arius first became controversial under the bishop Alexander of Alexandria, when Arius formulated the following syllogism:
Origen of Alexandria [a] (c. 185 – c. 253), [4] also known as Origen Adamantius, [b] was an early Christian scholar, [7] ascetic, [8] and theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria.
Alexander is venerated as a saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Catholic Church. Alexander is described by the Roman Catholic Church as "a man held in the highest honor by the people and clergy, magnificent, liberal, eloquent, just, a lover of God and man, devoted to the poor, good and sweet ...
Alexander of Jerusalem (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Ιεροσολύμων; died 251 AD) was a third century bishop who is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Roman Catholic Church. He died during the persecution of Emperor Decius. [1]