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May 2 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective May2 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Martyrs Hesperos (Exuperius) and Zoe, and their sons Cyriacos and Theodoulos, at Attalia (c. 124)May 2/15. Orthodox Calendar (ORTHOCHRISTIAN.COM)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕσπερος καὶ Ζωὴ οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν Κυριάκος καὶ Θεόδουλος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. HESPERUS AND ZOE, MM. (2ND CENT)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fifth: May. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 28-29. Saint Jordan the WonderworkerὉ Ὅσιος Ἰορδάνης ὁ Θαυματουργός. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Sabbas, Bishop of DafnousiaὉ Ἅγιος Σάββας Ἐπίσκοπος Δαφνουσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Boris-Michael, Prince and baptizer of Bulgaria, Equal-to-the-Apostles (907)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βόρις – Μιχαὴλ ὁ Ἱσαπόστολος ὁ πρίγκιπας καὶ Φωτιστῆς τοῦ Βουλγαρικοῦ λαοῦ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Valentine, Bishop of Genoa in Italy c. 295-307, (c. 307)May 2. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Germanus of Normandy, converted by St Germanus of Auxerre, martyred in France (c. 460) Hieromartyrs Vindemialis, Eugene and Longinus, Bishops in North Africa martyred by the Arian Vandal King Hunneric (c. 485) Saint Neachtain, a relative of St Patrick of Ireland at whose repose he was present (5th century) Saint Ultan, Irish monk, brother of Saints Fursey and Foillan (657) Saint Waldebert (Walbert, Gaubert), abbot of Luxeuil in France (c. 668) Saint Bertinus the Younger, Benedictine monk at Sithin, in France (699) Saint Felix of Seville, deacon and martyr in Seville, Spain, under the Muslims. Martyr Wiborada, anchoress of St. Gallen Abbey in Germany (926)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Athanasius of Syandem and Valaam (c. 1550)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 2 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Serapion (Sysoev), Metropolitan of Krutitsa (1653) Saint Athanasius III Patelaros, Patriarch of Constantinople and Wonderworker of Lubensk (Lubny), (1654)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Πατελλάριος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Jacob (Putneanul), Metropolitan of Moldova (1778) Blessed Basil of Kadom, fool-for-Christ (1848)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Matrona the Blind, the Righteous Wonderworker of Moscow (1952)Ἡ Ὁσία Ματρώνα ἐκ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: February 23 - Finding of relics) Other commemorations

Translation of the relics of Patriarch Athanasius of Alexandria (Athanasios the Great) (373)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ἀθανασίου τοῦ Μεγάλου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Translation of the relics (1072 and 1115) of the holy passion-bearers Boris and Gleb (in holy baptism Romanus and David) (1015)Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman. OCA - Feasts and Saints. Icon of the Theotokos of Putivilsk (1238, 1635)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) Repose of Eldress Theodosia (Kosorotikhina) of Skopin, Ryazan (2014)

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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. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 124–125. Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 192–193. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 2 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 2 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 15 мая (2 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 2 мая (ст.ст.) 15 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).