Alexander of Munich | |
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.jpg) Sidewalk monument of Schmorell near Munich University (based on a 1939 photo by Angelika Knoop-Probst, sister of Christoph Probst) | |
| Passion bearer | |
| Born | 16 September 1917 Orenburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 13 July 1943 (aged 25) Munich, Nazi Germany |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 5 February 2012, Munich, Germany by ROCOR |
| Major shrine | Cathedral of the Holy New-Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Feast | 13 July |
Alexander Schmorell[a] (16 September [O.S. 3 September] 1917 – 13 July 1943), also sometimes referred to as Saint Alexander of Munich, was a Russian-German student at Munich University who, with five others, formed a resistance group (part of the Widerstand) known as White Rose (German: Weiße Rose) which was active against the Nazi German regime from June 1942 to February 1943.[1] In 2012, he was glorified as a saint and passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, and is venerated by Orthodox Christians throughout the world.[2]
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- ^ Hanser, Richard (2012). A noble treason : the story of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Revolt against Hitler. San Francisco. ISBN 978-1-58617-557-3. OCLC 796754063.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Über das Leben und das Werk des Märtyrers Alexander von München". www.sobor.de. Retrieved 30 October 2024.