Alexander of Methymna

Saint Alexander, Bishop of Methymna on Lesbos.

Saint Alexander was Bishop of Methymna on the island of Lesbos and is honoured in the synaxarion as a holy hierarch who reposed in peace.

No further details of his life are preserved.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Alexander of Methymna is commemorated on November 30. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 13 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on November 30

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  Andrew the First-Called

  Great Feast, Ανδρέας ο Πρωτόκλητος

  Holy First-Called Apostle Andrew, patron of Greece, Russia, and Scotland.

  Name days: Andreas, Andis, Andrew, Andrea, Andrei, Andre, Andres, Andy, Andriana, Andrianna

• Frumentius of Ethiopia

  Hierarch, Φρουμέντιος Αβησσυνίας

  Saint Frumentius, Archbishop of Abyssinia, enlightener of Ethiopia.