May 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 3

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 15 by Old Calendarists

Saints

• Martyrs Hesperos (Exuperius) and Zoe, and their sons Cyriacos and Theodoulos, at Attalia (ca. 124)^[1][2]
• Saint Valentine, Bishop of Genoa in Italy ca.295-307, (ca.307)^[3]
• Saint Germanus of Normandy, converted by St Germanus of Auxerre, martyred in France (ca.460)^[3]
• Hieromartyrs Vindemialis, Eugene and Longinus, Bishops in North Africa martyred by the Arian Vandal King Hunneric (ca.485)^[2][3]
• Saint Neachtain, a relative of St Patrick of Ireland at whose repose he was present (5th c.)^[3]
• Saint Ultan, Irish monk, brother of Saints Fursey and Foillan (657)^[3]
• Saint Waldebert (Walbert, Gaubert), abbot of Luxeuil in France (ca.668)^[3]
• Saint Bertinus the Younger, Benedictine monk at Sithin, in France (699)^[3]
• Saint Felix of Seville, deacon and martyr in Seville, Spain, under the Muslims^[2][3]
• Saint Jordan the Wonderworker^[4]
• Saint Sabbas, Bishop of Dafnousia^[5]
• Saint Boris-Michael, Prince and baptizer of Bulgaria, Equal-to-the-Apostles (907)^[6]
• Martyr Wiborada, anchoress of St. Gallen Abbey in Germany (926)^[3]
• St. Athanasius of Syandem and Valaam (ca. 1550)^{[7][8][note 1]}
• Patriarch Athanasius III Patelaros, of Constantinople, from Lubensk (Lubny) (1654)^[7][10][11]
• Blessed Basil of Kadom, fool-for-Christ (1848)^[7][12]
• Saint Matrona the Blind, the Righteous Wonderworker of Moscow (1952)^[13]

Other Commemorations

• Translation of the relics of Patriarch Athanasius of Alexandria (373)^[2][14]
• Translation of the relics (1072 and 1115) of the holy passion-bearers Boris and Gleb (in holy baptism Romanus and David) (1015)^[7]
• Icon of the Theotokos of Putivilsk (1238, 1635)^[15][16]

Oriental Orthodox

• Saint Marutha of Takrit (Morooso), Maphrian of the East (Catholicos) (649)^[17]

Notes

References

Sources

• May 2/15, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
• May 15, 2011 / May 2, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
• May 2. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 2. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Source

• 2 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.