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Alexander (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος) is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. [1] Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr.
Saints Cosmas and Damian (Kosmas and Dhamianos), Agioi Anargyroi; Hyacinth (Yakinthos); Kyriaki (martyr) Theophilus (Theophilos), Procopius of Scythopolis (Prokopios); Saint Pancratius (Pagratios)
Archaeological site of Pella, Greece, Alexander's birthplace. Alexander III was born in Pella, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedon, [10] on the sixth day of the ancient Greek month of Hekatombaion, which probably corresponds to 20 July 356 BC (although the exact date is uncertain).
References to name days in Russian literature and theatre include the entire first act of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, where Irina celebrates her name day, Alexander Pushkin's Eugene Onegin with the celebration of Tatiana's name day, and Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, Book I, where both the mother and the youngest daughter of the Rostov family ...
In Slovakia, each day of the year corresponds to a personal name (the original list was the Roman Catholic calendar of saints). People celebrate their name days (Slovak: meniny) on the date corresponding to their own given names. Slovak culture has accorded similar importance to a person's name day to his or her birthday. [1] [2]
A late tradition mentioned by Iamblichus connecting the name "Gerasa" to Alexander is probably fanciful. Roman coins found at the site, minted under Septimius Severus, Caracalla, and Elagabalus, are engraved with imagery and inscriptions relating to Alexander, while a pedestal, dated to the early third century BC, mentions the Diadochus ...
Suse Lowenstein’s son was killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. An artist, she responded by creating a huge sculptural installation, Dark Elegy, depicting the ...
Name days in Bulgaria are name days associated with Eastern Orthodox [1] saints. Some names can be celebrated on more than one day. Some names can be celebrated on more than one day. According to the tradition, guests are supposed to come uninvited and the person who has the celebrated name is supposed to be prepared to treat everyone.