SAINT ALEXIS, ARCHBISHOP OF KIEV - 12 FEBRUARY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY

Saints celebrated on the 12th of February

SAINT ALEXIS, ARCHBISHOP OF KIEV

Saint Alexis [Alexius] was a Russian nobleman who embraced the religious life under the Rule of Saint Basil, and who later became Archbishop of Kiev. Famous for the working of miracles and for wisdom and learning, he is said to have been appealed to for advice, even by the Sultan of the Turks in Asia Minor. He died in A.D. 1364.

(From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Alexis may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.