May 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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For May 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 19.
Saints
- Martyrs Hesperos (Exuperius) and Zoe, and their sons Cyriacos and Theodoulos, at Attalia (c. 124)
- Saint Jordan the Wonderworker
- Saint Sabbas, Bishop of Dafnousia
- Saint Boris-Michael, Prince and baptizer of Bulgaria, Equal-to-the-Apostles (907)
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Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Valentine, Bishop of Genoa in Italy c. 295-307, (c. 307)
- 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
- St. Athanasius of Syandem and Valaam (c. 1550)
- Patriarch Athanasius III Patelaros, of Constantinople, from Lubensk (Lubny), Wonderworker (1654)
- Blessed Basil of Kadom, fool-for-Christ (1848)
- Saint Matrona the Blind, the Righteous Wonderworker of Moscow (1952)
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relics of Patriarch Athanasius of Alexandria (Athanasios the Great) (373)
- Translation of the relics (1072 and 1115) of the holy passion-bearers Boris and Gleb (in holy baptism Romanus and David) (1015)
- Icon of the Theotokos of Putivilsk (1238, 1635)
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