2 March
29 commemorations of 2 March in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 15 March of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Hieromartyrs Nestor the Bishop, and Tribiminus the Deacon, at Perge in Pamphylia (ca. 250)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νέστωρ καὶ Τριβιμίνος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Troadius of Neo-Caesarea, and those with him (251)Ὁ Ἅγιος Τρωάδιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin-martyr Euthalia of Sicily (252)Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐθαλία ἡ Παρθενομάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- St. Cointus of Phrygia (Quintus of Phrygia), Confessor and Wonderworker (283)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοΐντος ὁ Μάρτυρας Ὁμολογητὴς καὶ Θαυματουργὸςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Hesychius the Senator (the Palatine), of Antioch (ca. 304)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἡσύχιος ὁ Συγκλητικὸςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Hiero-Confessor Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia in Cyprus (c. 326)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδοτος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Κυρηνείας Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Saints Andronicus and the Athanasia (5th century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνδρόνικος καὶ Ἀθανασίαsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Agathon of Egypt, monk (5th century)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Arsenius, Bishop of Tver (1409)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Ἐπίσκοπος Τβὲρ τῆς Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Sabbatius, monk of Tver (1434), and his disciple St. Euphrosynus (1460)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βαρσανούφιος, Σάββας, Σαββάτιος καὶ Εὐφρόσυνος ἐκ Ρωσίαςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Barsanuphius (1459) and Sabbas (1467), Abbots of Tverholytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Abramios of Spassk, of the monastery of Christ the Saviour, Russia (16th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀβράμιος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr
- New Martyr Theodore Sladić of Komogovina (1788)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Joachim (Papoulakis) of Ithaca, monk of Vatopedi (Mt. Athos) and Ithaca (1868)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωακεὶμ ὁ Ἰθακήσιοςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ambrose (Khelaia) the Confessor, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia (1927)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀμβρόσιος Πατριάρχης Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Nicholas Planas of Athens (1932)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Πλανᾶςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Martyrs of Rome, a large number of martyrs martyred in Rome under Alexander Severus and the prefect Ulpian (219)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Jovinus and Basileus, two martyrs who suffered in Rome under Gallienus and Valerian, buried on the Latin Way (258)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Paul, Heraclius, Secundilla and Januaria, martyrs who suffered under Diocletian at Porto Romano at the mouth of the Tiber in Italy (305)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gistilian (Gistlian), uncle of St David and a monk at Menevia, or St Davids, in Wales (5th-6th centuries)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Joavan, a Romano-Briton who went to Brittany to live with his uncle St Paul of Léon, by whom he was consecrated bishop (ca. 570)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- 440 Martyrs slain by the Lombards in Italy (Martyrs of Campania) (ca. 579)oca.org · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Fergna, called 'the White', a relative and disciple of St Columba of Ireland, Abbot of Iona (637)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Chad (Ceadda), Bishop of Lichfield, England (672)Ὁ Ἅγιος Τσὰντ ἐκ Σκωτίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Cynibil (Cynibild), a brother of Sts Chad and Cedd who helped enlighten England (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Willeic, a disciple of St Swithbert who made him Abbot of Kaiserwerth in Germany (726)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Slebhene (Sléibíne mac Congaile), a monk from Ireland, he became Abbot of Iona in Scotland (767)orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Repose of Abbess Philareta of Ufa (1890)pravoslavie.ru
- Appearance of the Kolomenskoye “Reigning” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1917)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Ἐνθρόνουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
The list is March 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.