2 October
21 commemorations of 2 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 15 October of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Saint Damaris of Athens (1st century)Ἡ Ἁγία Δάμαρις ἡ Ἀθηναίαorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Cyprian and Virgin-martyr Justina of Antioch, and with them Martyr Theoctistus of Nicomedia (304)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κυπριανὸς καὶ Ἰουστίνηsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs David and Constantine, Princes of Argveti, Georgia (740)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Monk-Martyrs Michael, Abbot of Zovia Monastery near Sevastoupolis and 36 fathers with him, by beheading (c. 780)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μιχαὴλ ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ 36 Ὁσιομάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Theophilus the Confessor, under the iconoclasts (8th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόφιλος ὁ Ὁμολογητήςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Blessed Andrew, Fool-for-Christ, at Constantinople (936)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Great-martyr Theodore Gabras of Atran in Chaldia, of Pontus (1098)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας ὁ Γαβρᾶςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed Great Princess Anna of Kashin (Euphrosyne in monasticism) (1368)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Cassian the Greek, monk, of Uglich (1504)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Blessed Cyprian of Suzdal, Fool-for-Christ and Wonderworker (1622)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κυπριανὸς ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός ἐκ Σουντὰλ (Ρῶσος)synaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- New Martyr Hadji-George of Philadelphia in Asia Minor, from Mount Athos (1794)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἢ Χατζὴ – Γεώργιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
New martyrs and confessors
- Virgin-martyr Alexandra Bulgakova (1938)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · 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 Leudomer (Lomer), Bishop of Chartres in France (c. 585)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gerinus (Garinus, Werinus), brother of St Leodegarius (Leger), persecuted by the tyrant Ebroin, stoned to death near Arras in the north of France (677)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Leodegarius (Leger), Bishop of Autun, imprisoned, blinded and finally murdered by the tyrant Ebroin (679)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Beregisus, a priest who founded the monastery of Saint Hubert in the Ardennes in France (c. 725)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ursicinus, Abbot of Disentis Abbey in Switzerland, he became Bishop of Chur in 754 (760)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 Hieroschemamonk Theodosius of Karoulia, Mt. Athos (1937)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Monk Roman the Soldier, of Valaam, martyred in Bosnia (1994)pravoslavie.ru · serfes.org
- Repose of Schema-Archimandrite Alexander (Vasiliev) of the Pskov-Caves Monastery (1998)pravoslavie.ru
The list is October 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.