May 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 3
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 15 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar
Saints
- Martyrs Hesperos (Exuperius) and Zoe, and their sons Cyriacos and Theodoulos, at Attalia (c. 124)[1][2]
- Saint Jordan the Wonderworker[3]
- Saint Sabbas, Bishop of Dafnousia[4]
- Saint Boris-Michael, Prince and baptizer of Bulgaria, Equal-to-the-Apostles (907)[5]
Pre-Schism Western Saints
- Saint Valentine, Bishop of Genoa in Italy c. 295-307, (c. 307)[6]
- Saint Germanus of Normandy, converted by St Germanus of Auxerre, martyred in France (c. 460)[6]
- Hieromartyrs Vindemialis, Eugene and Longinus, Bishops in North Africa martyred by the Arian Vandal King Hunneric (c. 485)[2][6]
- Saint Neachtain, a relative of St Patrick of Ireland at whose repose he was present (5th century)[6]
- Saint Ultan, Irish monk, brother of Saints Fursey and Foillan (657)[6]
- Saint Waldebert (Walbert, Gaubert), abbot of Luxeuil in France (c. 668)[6]
- Saint Bertinus the Younger, Benedictine monk at Sithin, in France (699)[6]
- Saint Felix of Seville, deacon and martyr in Seville, Spain, under the Muslims[2][6]
- Martyr Wiborada, anchoress of St. Gallen Abbey in Germany (926)[6]
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
- St. Athanasius of Syandem and Valaam (c. 1550)[7][8][note 1]
- Patriarch Athanasius III Patelaros, of Constantinople, from Lubensk (Lubny), Wonderworker (1654)[7][10][11][note 2]
- Blessed Basil of Kadom, fool-for-Christ (1848)[7][13]
- Saint Matrona the Blind, the Righteous Wonderworker of Moscow (1952)[14]
Other Commemorations
- Translation of the relics of Patriarch Athanasius of Alexandria (Athanasios the Great) (373)[2][15]
- Translation of the relics (1072 and 1115) of the holy passion-bearers Boris and Gleb (in holy baptism Romanus and David) (1015)[7][16]
- Icon of the Theotokos of Putivilsk (1238, 1635)[17][18]
Oriental Orthodox
- Saint Marutha of Takrit (Morooso), Maphrian of the East (Catholicos) (649)[19]
Icon Gallery
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St. Boris-Michael, Prince and baptizer of Bulgaria, Equal-to-the-Apostles. -
St. Wiborada. (Cathedral library of St. Gallen, Codex 586, S. 230. c. 1430-1436). -
St. Matrona the Blind, the Righteous Wonderworker of Moscow.
Notes
- ^ Also commemorated on January 18.[9]
- ^ Also known as "Afanassiy Lubensky - Sidyachey,” he was the chief patron of Poltava. He died in Ukraine on his way to Constantinople and was buried in the sitting position, enthroned, thus “Athanasius the Sitting.” He was glorified by the Metropolitan of Kyiv as a Wonderworker.[12]
References
- ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕσπερος καὶ Ζωὴ οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν Κυριάκος καὶ Θεόδουλος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b c d May 2. The Roman Martyrology.
- ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰορδάνης ὁ Θαυματουργός. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Σάββας Ἐπίσκοπος Δαφνουσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Βόρις – Μιχαὴλ ὁ Ἱσαπόστολος ὁ πρίγκιπας καὶ Φωτιστῆς τοῦ Βουλγαρικοῦ λαοῦ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i May 2. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ^ a b c d May 2/15, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 2 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 18 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Πατελλάριος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Αθανάσιος Γ΄ Πατελάρος. Βικιπαίδεια.
- ^ Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ἡ Ὁσία Ματρώνα ἐκ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ἀθανασίου τοῦ Μεγάλου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ^ Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Πουτίβλ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ May 15, 2011 / May 2, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
- ^ Mor Marutha of Takrit, Catholicos, May 02. Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch - Archdiocese of the Western USA.
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)
- Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- May 2. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- May 2. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: Template:Gr icon 2 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Template:Gr icon Συναξαριστής. 2 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- Template:Ru icon 2 мая (ст.ст.) 15 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).