3 May
34 commemorations of 3 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 16 May of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Moura (Maura), at Antinoöpolis, Egypt (304)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος καὶ Μαύρα οἱ Μάρτυρεςorthochristian.com · oca.org · synaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · breviary.net · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Diodoros and Rodopianos, at Aphrodisia in Anatolia, by stoning (285-305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Διόδωρος καὶ Ροδοπιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Alexander and Virgin Martyr Antonina at Byzantium (313)oca.org
- Great Martyr Xenia the Wonderworker, of Kalamata, Peloponnesus (318)Ἡ Ἁγία Ξενία ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Holy 27 Martyrs who died by fireΟἱ Ἅγιοι εἴκοσι ἑπτὰ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Mamai, Catholicos of Georgia (744)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάμας Πατριάρχης Γεωργίαςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Michael and Arsenius of Ulompo, Georgia (9th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Μιχαὴλ καὶ Ἀρσένιος ἐκ Γεωργίαςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Peter the Wonderworker, Bishop of Argos, Peloponnese (925)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἄργουςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Oecumenius (Ecumenius, Ekoumenios) the Wonderworker, Bishop of Trikala (Tricca) (10th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Οἰκουμένιος Ἐπίσκοπος Τρίκκηςoca.org · synaxarion.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Cenobitic Monasticism in Russia (1074)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος καθηγούμενος τῆς Λαύρας τῶν Σπηλαίων τοῦ Κιέβουoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theophanes of Vatopedi, Metropolitan of Peritheorion (near Xanthi) (14th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Schema-abbess Juliana (1393) and Schema-nun Eupraxia (1394), of the Monastery of the Conception in Moscowpravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gregory, Archbishop of Rostov, Yiaroslavl and White Lake (Abbott of Kamennoi Monastery (Monastery of the Transfiguration) at Kubenski Lake, in Vologda... (1416)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ροστώβ, Γιαροσλάβλ καὶ Λευκῆς Λίμνηςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Ahmet the Calligrapher of Constantinople (1682)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀχμὲτ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Κάλφαςsynaxarion.gr · drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Paul of Vilnius, Lithuania (17th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Παῦλος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Silas (1783), Paisius and Nathan (1784), monks of Putna Monastery, Moldovapravoslavie.ru
- New Martyrs Anastasia and Christodoulos, at Achaea (1821)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀναστασία καὶ Χριστόδουλος οἱ Νεομάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Irodion (Ionescu) of Lainici, Abbot of Lainici Monastery in Romania (1900)omhksea.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr John Vilensky, Priest of Semyonovskoe (1918)drevo-info.ru
- New Hieromartyr Vladimir Izvolsky, Archpriest, of Manchuria (1930)pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Nicholas Benevolsky, Priest of Alma-Ata (1941)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.
- Saint Alexander I, the fifth Pope of Rome (c. 106-115)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Alexander, Eventius and Theodulus (c. 113-119)Roman Martyrology
- Saint Juvenal of Narni (c. 369/377)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουβενάλιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ναρνίsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Glywys (Gluvias) of Cornwall (5th century)
- Saint Scannal of Cell-Coleraine in Ireland, a disciple of Saint Columba (563)
- Saint Adalsindis, sister of Saint Waldalenus, founder of the Monastery of Bèze in France, Abbess of a convent near Bèze (c. 680)
- Saint Æthelwine (Elwin, Ethelwin), Bishop of Lindsey (c. 700)
- Saint Philip of Worms (770) (Philip of Zell)Ὁ Ὅσιος Φίλιππος ὁ ἐν Βόρμςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Ansfried, Bishop of Utrecht (1010)pravoslavie.ru
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 (1011) of Saint Luke of Mt. Stirion (953)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Λουκᾶ τοῦ ἐν Στειρίῳsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the Dormition Icon of the Mother of God from Constantinople, to the Kiev-Pechersk Far Caves (1073)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- "Svenskaya" (Kiev Caves) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1288)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Finding of the relics (2018) of Saint John (Vilenskiy) of Yaroslavl (1918)azbyka.ru
The list is May 3 (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.