The name '''Alexis''' masc. proper name, or '''Alexios''' comes from Gk. the Greek ''alexis'', from ''alexein '' meaning "to ward off, keep, protect."  :(see Main article ''[[Alexander (disambiguation)|Alexander]]'') Other variations include Alexius, Aleksi, Alexis, Alexei, Alexey, and Alexy.

*St. Alexios[[Alexis of Moscow|Alexis]], Archbishop of Moscow ([[February 12]] and [[October 5]]) – Russian

*St. Alexios the Russian [[hermit]] of the [[Kiev Caves]] ([[April 24]])*St. Alexios, Bishop of Vithinias Bithynia ([[June 10]])*St. AlexiosAlexius, martyr of Constantinople ([[August 9]])*St. Alexios, Metropolitan [[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre|Alexis (Toth) of Wilkes-Barre]] ([[May 7]])*[[Alexis (Kabaliuk) of Moscow Carpathia]] ([[October 521]] and [[December 2]])  There are also hierarchs with this name:*[[Alexis van der Mensbrugghe]] (1899- Russian1980) Current hierarchs:*His Holiness Patriarch [[Alexei II (Ridiger) of Moscow]] (b. 1929) ==See also==*[[Alexander (disambiguation)]]