2 May
23 commemorations of 2 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 15 May of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Matrona of Moscow
Saints
- Martyrs Hesperos (Exuperius) and Zoe, and their sons Cyriacos and Theodoulos, at Attalia (c. 124)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕσπερος καὶ Ζωὴ οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν Κυριάκος καὶ Θεόδουλοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Jordan the WonderworkerὉ Ὅσιος Ἰορδάνης ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Sabbas, Bishop of DafnousiaὉ Ἅγιος Σάββας Ἐπίσκοπος Δαφνουσίαςsynaxarion.gr
- 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 λαοῦsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Athanasius of Syandem and Valaam (c. 1550)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Serapion (Sysoev), Metropolitan of Krutitsa (1653)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Athanasius III Patelaros, Patriarch of Constantinople and Wonderworker of Lubensk (Lubny) (1654)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Πατελλάριοςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Jacob (Putneanul), Metropolitan of Moldova (1778)pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed Basil of Kadom, fool-for-Christ (1848)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλόςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Matrona the Blind, the Righteous Wonderworker of Moscow (1952)Ἡ Ὁσία Ματρώνα ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr
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.
- Saint Valentine, Bishop of Genoa in Italy c. 295-307 (c. 307)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- 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 MuslimsRoman Martyrology
- Martyr Wiborada, anchoress of St. Gallen Abbey in Germany (926)
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Translation of the relics of Patriarch Athanasius of Alexandria (Athanasios the Great) (373)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ἀθανασίου τοῦ Μεγάλουsynaxarion.gr
- Translation of the relics (1072 and 1115) of the holy passion-bearers Boris and Gleb (in holy baptism Romanus and David) (1015)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Theotokos of Putivilsk (1238, 1635)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Πουτίβλ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Eldress Theodosia (Kosorotikhina) of Skopin, Ryazan (2014)pravoslavie.ru
The list is May 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.