Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky was Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev (1246–1263) and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–1263).
Alexius was Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' and presided over the Moscow government during Dmitrii Donskoi's minority.
Saint Alexander Nevsky Lavra or Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter I of Russia in 1710 at the eastern end of the Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg, in the belief that this was the site of the Neva Battle in 1240 when Alexander Nevsky, a prince, defeated the Swedes. But the battle took place about 12 miles (19 km) away from that site. "On April 5, 1713, in St. Petersburg, in the presence of Peter I, the wooden Church of the Annunciation was consecrated. This day is considered the official founding date of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra."
May 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 17
May 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 24
John of Shanghai and San Francisco was a prominent ascetic and prelate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. He was a pastor and reputed wonderworker with purported powers of prophecy, clairvoyance and healing. He is often referred to as St. John the Wonderworker.
Saint Philip II of Moscow was the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' from 1566 to 1568. He was the thirteenth Metropolitan of Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as had been the norm.
Metropolitan Joseph was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, metropolitan of Petrograd (1926–1927). Master of Divinity (1903) and spiritual writer. He refused to accept the Declaration of 1927 on full loyalty to the soviet authorities and his transfer to the Diocese of Odessa, he became the leader of Josephite movement. He died during the Great Purge.
Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a parish of the Diocese of Western Pennsylvania of the Orthodox Church in America. It was founded in the Woods Run section of Pittsburgh's North Side in 1891. It was the first Russian Orthodox community in the Pittsburgh area.
The Saint Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Cathedral is located in Howell Township, New Jersey, United States and is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR).
Alexander Hotovitzky (1872-1937) was a Russian Orthodox hieromartyr.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Hawaii began with early Russian missions of the 19th century and continues with multiple Eastern Orthodox churches in the Hawaiian Islands.
Archbishop Gregory was the Archbishop of Sitka and Alaska from 1973 to 1995, and author of books on Theology and Eastern Orthodoxy in North America in both Russian and English.
The Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), encompassing all of western Europe but with communities primarily on territories of the United Kingdom, Switzerland and France.
August 29 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 31
The Saint Petersburg Theological Academy is a higher education institution of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The academy preparing theologians, clergymen, singers and icon writers for the Eastern Orthodox Church and grants bachelor, master, candidate and doctorate degrees. It was founded in 1797 by Metropolitan Gabriel (Petrov) of Saint Petersburg, as part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
December 19 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 21
The Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church is a Russian Orthodox church body headquartered in Suzdal, Russia. ROAC identifies as part of True Orthodoxy. In the Moscow Patriarchate, the ROCOR, and the mass media, it has the designation "Suzdal Schism".
Metropolitan Nicholas is the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York since 14 September 2022.
