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May 2 2024:

Martyrs Hesperus, Zoe, and their sons Cyriacus and Theodulus, at Attalia (ca. 124); Venerable Jordan the Wonder-worker; Saint Sabbas, Bishop of Dafnousia; Saint Boris-Michael, Equal-to-the-Apostles, prince and baptizer of Bulgaria (907); Saint Valentine, Bishop of Genoa in Italy ca.295-307, (ca.307); Saint Germanus of Normandy, converted by St Germanus of Auxerre, martyred in France (ca.460); Hieromartyrs Vindemialis, Eugene and Longinus, Bishops in North Africa martyred by the Arian Vandal King Hunneric (ca.485); Saint Neachtain, a relative of St Patrick of Ireland at whose repose he was present (5th c.); Saint Ultan, Irish monk, brother of Saints Fursey and Foillan (657); Saint Waldebert (Walbert, Gaubert), abbot of Luxeuil in France (ca.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) (see also May 11); St. Athanasius of Syandem and Valaam (ca. 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 (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);

( April 19 2024: Julian Calendar )

Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem; Venerable John of the Ancient Caves (or of Old Lavra) in Palestine; Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia; Saint Tryphon, Patriarch of Constantinople; Martyrs Christopher, Theonas, and Anthony at Rome (or Nicomedia); Saint Nicephorus, Abbot of Katabad; Saint Symeon the Barefoot (Bosoi) of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos; Saint Joachim, Abbot of Opochka, Pskov; Martyr Agathangelus of Esphigmenou Monastery on Mount Athos; Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene of Mytilene; Saint Olympias of Mytilene; Hieromartyr Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury; repose of Fool-for-Christ Asenatha of Goritsky and Schema-hieromonk Alexis of Valaam.

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The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora."

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