Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of May 2
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on May 2 — on the Old Calendar, civil May 15.
Commemorated on May 2
- St. Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria
St. Athanasius the Great
Patriarch of Alexandria (†373), exiled five times for defending the divinity of Christ against Arius. 'Athanasius contra mundum' — Athanasius against the world — and the world lost.
When it falls
- New Calendar: May 2 every year
- Old Calendar: civil May 15
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.