May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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May 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 4

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 16 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For May 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 20.

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr John Vilensky, Priest of Semyonovskoe (1918)[35]
  • New Hieromartyr Vladimir Izvolsky, Archpriest, of Manchuria (1930)[1]
  • New Hieromartyr Nicholas Benevolsky, Priest of Alma-Ata (1941)[28][36]

Other commemorations

Notes

  1. ↑ The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. ↑ "At Aphrodisia, in Caria, the holy martyrs Diodorus and Rodopian, who were stoned to death by their fellow-citizens, in the persecution of Diocletian."[7]
  3. ↑ Tradition relates that, after a lengthy imprisonment, Pope Saint Alexander I and two priests, Eventius and Theodulus, were burned and then beheaded during Hadrian's persecution. During his imprisonment, Alexander is said to have brought Saint Quirinus and his daughter Saint Balbina to the faith. Today's saints were buried on the Via Nomentana near Rome. Their relics were later translated to the church of Saint Sabina, which now belongs to the Dominicans. Although called Pope Alexander in the Roman Martyrology, all sources agree that this is probably an erroneous listing (Benedictines, Coulson, Delaney, Husenbeth).[23] (The identification of the martyr Alexander with the Pope was removed from the Roman Calendar by Pope John XXIII in 1960.)
  4. ↑ See: (in Russian) Григорий Премудрый. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
  5. ↑ See: (in Romanian) Irodion Ionescu. Wikipedia. (Romanian Wikipedia).
  6. ↑ On May 2-3, 2026, the Holy Monastery of St. Luke (Hosios Loukas) in Steiris, Greece, commemorated the 1,015th anniversary of the translation of the relics of St. Luke the Younger and the consecration of its Byzantine katholikon. The abbot of the Holy Monastery of St. Luke, Archimandrite Seraphim (Pavlidis), expressed his gratitude and blessings to the clergy and faithful.[38]
    At the conclusion, Metropolitan George (Mantzouranis) of Thebes gave a brief address about the translation of the saint’s relics, also noting that 2026 marks 40 years since the return of the saint’s relic from Italy to the monastery in 1986, after an absence of 526 years (i.e. since 1460).[38]
  7. ↑ "Tradition has it that the Hosios' holy relics had been removed during the 13th century by the Crusaders and had been taken to the Vatican. They later surfaced in Venice accompanied by the following legend:
    • when the Turks conquered Boeotia in 1460, a group of monks, carrying the Hosios' relics, found refuge on the island of Lefkada. After the island fell to the Turks, the relics were transported to Bosnia.
    • In July 1463, Bosnia also fell to the Turks and Franciscan monks transported the holy relics to Venice.
    • On the 11th October 1986, after 526 years and coordinated efforts by the Diocese of Thebes and Levadia (including Archimandrite Christophoros Rakintzakis), and local officials, a delegation headed by the Bishop of Thebes and Levadia Ieronymos (Liapis), the ex-bishop Nikodimos (Graikos), the then abbot of the Monastery Nikodimos, and the then dean and current abbot Georgios, collected the holy relics and replaced them in the reliquary of the Katholikon at the Monastery of Hosios Loukas, on the 13th December 1986."[39]
  8. ↑ See: (in Russian) Киево-Печерская икона Успения Божией Матери. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
  9. ↑ See: (in Russian) Свенская Печерская икона Божией Матери. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 May 3/16, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
  2. ↑ Martyr Timothy the Reader and his wife, Maura, in Egypt. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  3. ↑ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τιμόθεος καὶ Μαύρα οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  4. 1 2 3 4 May 3. The Roman Martyrology.
  5. ↑ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. TIMOTHY AND MAURA, MM. (ABOUT A.D. 286.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fifth: May. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 55.
  6. ↑ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Διόδωρος καὶ Ροδοπιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  7. ↑ The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 125-126.
  8. ↑ "Martyr Alexander and Virgin Martyr Antonina at Constantinople". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
  9. ↑ Holy Great Martyr Xenia of Kalamata. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  10. ↑ Ἡ Ἁγία Ξενία ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  11. ↑ (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 3 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  12. ↑ Οἱ Ἅγιοι εἴκοσι ἑπτὰ Μάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  13. ↑ Saint Mamai, Catholicos of Georgia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  14. ↑ Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάμας Πατριάρχης Γεωργίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  15. ↑ Saints Michael and Arsenius of Ulompo, Georgia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  16. ↑ Οἱ Ὅσιοι Μιχαὴλ καὶ Ἀρσένιος ἐκ Γεωργίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  17. ↑ Saint Peter the Wonderworker, Bishop of Argos. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  18. ↑ Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἄργους. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  19. ↑ Saint Ekouménios, Wonderworker of Trikala. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  20. ↑ Ὁ Ἅγιος Οἰκουμένιος Ἐπίσκοπος Τρίκκης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 May 3. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  22. ↑ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ALEXANDER I., POPE. (A.D. 117.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fifth: May. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 54-55.
  23. ↑ May 3. St. Patrick Catholic Church - Saint of the Day.
  24. ↑ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουβενάλιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ναρνί. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  25. ↑ Ὁ Ὅσιος Φίλιππος ὁ ἐν Βόρμς. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  26. ↑ Venerable Theodosius, Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  27. ↑ Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεοδόσιος καθηγούμενος τῆς Λαύρας τῶν Σπηλαίων τοῦ Κιέβου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  28. 1 2 3 May 16 / May 3, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  29. ↑ Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ροστώβ, Γιαροσλάβλ καὶ Λευκῆς Λίμνης. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  30. ↑ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀχμὲτ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Κάλφας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  31. ↑ "АХМЕТ КРАСНОПИСЕЦ - Древо". drevo-info.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-01-21.
  32. ↑ Ὁ Ἅγιος Παῦλος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐκ Ρωσίας. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  33. ↑ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀναστασία καὶ Χριστόδουλος οἱ Νεομάρτυρες. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  34. ↑ THE GLORIFICATION OF SAINT IRODION OF LAINICI (+1900). Ecumenical Patriarchate - Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia (OMHKSEA).
  35. ↑ "ВИЛЕНСКИЙ ИВАН ДМИТРИЕВИЧ - Древо". drevo-info.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-01-21.
  36. ↑ The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 33.
  37. ↑ Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Λουκᾶ τοῦ ἐν Στειρίῳ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  38. 1 2 3 1,015th anniversary of translation of relics of St. Luke of Steiris. Orthodox Christianity. Steiris, Greece, May 6, 2026. Retrieved: May 6, 2026.
  39. ↑ Saint Luke of Steiri (Hosios Loukas). Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia (OMHKSEA). 07.02.13. Retrieved: May 6, 2026.
  40. ↑ Translation of the Dormition Icon of the Mother of God from Constantinople to the Kiev Caves, Far Caves. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  41. ↑ "Svena" Icon of the Mother of God. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
  42. ↑ "Иоа́нн Виленский: житие, иконы, день памяти". azbyka.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-11-01.

Sources

  • May 3/16, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
  • May 16 / May 3, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
  • May 3. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
  • AN ENGLISH ORTHODOX CALENDAR
  • May 3. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  • May 3, The Roman Martyrology.
  • The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 125–126.

Greek Sources

  • Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 3 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 3 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

  • (in Russian) 16 мая (3 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  • (in Russian) 3 мая (ст.ст.) 16 мая 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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