2 Мая 1945 - Orthodox Calendar / Orthodox Menologion Online

Wednesday, May 2, 1945 (April 19, 1945 by the Julian calendar)
Passion Week: Great Wednesday

Great Lent. St. John of the Ancient Caves in Palestine (8th c.). New Hieromartyr Victor, bishop of Glazov (1934). New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest (1942). Martyrs Christopher, Theonas, and Antoninus in Nicomedia (303). Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem. St. George the Confessor, bishop of Antioch in Pisidia (813-820). St. Tryphon, patriarch of Constantinople (933). St. Nicephorus, abbot of Katabad. St. Symeon the Barefoot of Philotheou Monastery, Mt. Athos. "Mozdok" Icon of the Mother of God. Finding ofthe relics (1621) of St. Joachim, abbot of Opochka (Pskov) (1515). Venerable Joasaph (Bolotov) of Alaska. Hieromartyr Alphege, archbishop of Canterbury (1012) (Celtic & British). New Martyr Agathangelus of Esphigmenou Monastery, Mt. Athos (1819) (Greek). St. Matrona the Blind of Moscow (1952). Martyrs Theodore, his mother Philippa and two soldiers, Socrates and Dionysius at Perge in Pamphylia (2nd c.).