Apr. 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 2.

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 14 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For May 1st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 18.

• Prophet Jeremiah (c. 655 – 586 BC)^{[1][2][note 2]}
• Martyr Philosophos at Alexandria (252)^[4][5]
• Martyr Sabbas^[6][7]
• Venerable Hieromartyr Batas of Nisibis (Bata the Persian) (c. 364)^[8][9]
• Venerable Isidora the Fool-for-Christ, of Tabennisi, Egypt (c. 365)^[10]
• New Monk-martyr Romanus of Raqqa (780)^[5]
• St. Michael, ascetic of Chalcedon (8th-9th century)^[5][11]
• Saint Symeon of Syracuse (or of Mount Sinai or Trier) (1035)^{[12][note 3]}

• Martyr Andeolus of Smyrna, a subdeacon from Smyrna sent to France by St Polycarp, martyred near Viviers on the Rhône (208)^{[14][note 4]}
• Martyrs Orentius and Patientia, husband and wife who lived at Loret near Huesca in Spain, parents of St. Laurence the Martyr (240)^[3][14]
• Martyrs Acius (Ache) and Aceolus (Acheul), the former a deacon, the latter a subdeacon, martyred near Amiens in France under Diocletian (303)^[14]
• Saint Grata of Bergamo, a holy woman from Bergamo in Italy, zealous in securing Christian burial for the bodies of the martyrs (c. 307)^{[3][14][note 5]}
• Saint Agapetos (Amator), Bishop of Auxerre and Confessor (418)^[3][14][15]
• Saint Orentius of Auch (or Orientius), a hermit in the Lavendan valley near Tarbes in France, Bishop of Auch (Augusta Ausciorum) for over 40 years (c. 439)^[3][14]
• Saint Corentin, Bishop of Quimper (460)^[6]
• Saint Brioc, Abbot of St. Brieuc (c. 502)^{[5][6][14][16]}
• Martyr Sigismund, king of Burgundy (524)^{[5][14][note 6]}
• Saint Marcul, Hieromonk of Corbeny, founder of a monastery of hermits on the Egyptian model in Nanteuil in France (c. 558)^[14]
• Saint Ceallach (Kellach), a disciple of St Kieran of Clonmacnoise, became Bishop of Killala in Ireland, ended his life as a hermit and may have been martyred (6th century)^[14]
• Saint Asaph, Bishop in North Wales (c. 600)^{[3][14][16][17]}
• Saint Aredius of Gap (Arigius, Arey), Bishop of Gap in France for twenty years (604)^[14]
• Saint Bertha of Val d'Or, martyr, founder and abbess of Avenay in the diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne (680)^[14]
• Martyr Evermarus of Tongres, pilgrim murdered by robbers at Rousson, near Tongres, Belgium (c. 700)^[14]
• Saint Théodard, Archbishop of Narbonne (893)^[14]
• Saint Benedict of Szkalka, a hermit on Mount Zobor in Hungary, disciple of St. Andrew Zorard, renowned for his asceticism, murdered by robbers (1012)^[14]

• Saint Tamar of Georgia, Queen (1213)^[18][19]
• Saint Paphnutius of Borovsk, Abbot (1477)^[20][21]
• Hieromartyr Macarius of Kiev, Metropolitan of Kiev (1497)^{[22][23][24][note 7]}
• St. Zosimas, bishop of Kumurdo (15th century)^[25][26]
• Saint Gerasimus of Boldinsk, abbot (1554)^[27][28]
• Saint Panaretus of Cyprus, archbishop (1791)^[5][29]
• New Martyrs Euthymius, Ignatius (1814),^[30][31][32] and Acacius (1815)^[33][34] of Mount Athos
• Saint Nicephorus of Chios, monk (1821)^[5][35][36]
• New Martyr Mary of Crete (Mary of Mirambelos) (1826)^[5][37]
• Schemamonk Luke of Glinsk Hermitage (1898)^[5][23]

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy" (“Neochikuvana Radist”) from Andronikov Monastery.^[23][41]
• "Myrrh-Bearing" Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarevokokshaisk (in the province of Kazan) (1647)^[42][43]
• Translation of the relics of Saint Walburga, Abbess of Heidenheim^[6]

• Labarum of St. Corentin of Quimper (Parish church of Locronan, Brittany).
• St. Brioc.
• Fresco of St. Sigismund of Burgundy, (c. 1417-1437).
• Fresco of St. Tamar of Georgia, Queen of Georgia. (Vardzia Monastery c. 1184–1186).
• Saint Paphnutius of Borovsk, Abbot.
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy"