Saints

• Saint Alexander I
  Pope Alexander I
  Pope Saint Alexander I was Bishop of Rome from about 106 to 115. The Holy See's Annuario Pontificio identifies him as a Roman who reigned from 108 or 109 to 116 or 119...
  
  , the fifth Pope of Rome (ca.106-115)
• Martyrs Alexander, Eventius and Theodulus (ca.113-119)
• Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Maura of Antinopolis
  Saint Moura
  Saint Moura, also known as Mart Moura, is a martyr of the 1st centuries of Christianity honored in the Middle East. Her feast is celebrated on the 3rd of May and on the 25th of September. Several churches are dedicated to her especially in North Lebanon and a Monastery in Ehden.-Life:Father Youakim...
  
   in Egypt (304)
• Martyrs Diodoros and Rodopianos, at Aphrodisia in Anatolia (285-305)
• Holy 27 Martyrs who died by fire.
• Great-martyr Xenia of Peloponnesus, the Wonderworker (318)
• Saint Juvenal of Narni
  Juvenal of Narni
  Saint Juvenal is venerated as the first Bishop of Narni in Umbria. Historical details regarding Juvenal’s life are limited...
  
   (ca.369/377)
• Saint Glywys
  Glywys
  Glywys is described in Welsh genealogies as an early 5th century Welsh king who is seen as an important character in early Welsh history. The kingdom of Glywysing is believed to have been named after Glywys, and is the earliest place name for the land between the Rivers Tawe and Usk...
  
   (Gluvias) of Cornwall (5th c.)
• Saint Scannal of Cell-Coleraine in Ireland, a disciple of St Columba
  Columba
  Saint Columba —also known as Colum Cille , Colm Cille , Calum Cille and Kolban or Kolbjørn —was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk who propagated Christianity among the Picts during the Early Medieval Period...
  
   (563)
• Saint Adalsindis, sister of St Waldalenus, founder of the monastery of Bèze
  Bèze
  Bèze is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-External links:*...
  
   in France, Abbess of a convent near Bèze (ca.680)
• Saint Æthelwine (Elwin, Ethelwin), Bishop of Lindsey (ca. 700)
• Saint Mamai the Katholikos of Georgia (744)
• Saint Philip of Worms (770) (Philip of Zell)
• Saint Michael of Ulompo, Georgia (9th c.)
• Saint Arsenius of Georgia (9th c.)
• Saint Peter the Wonderworker, Bishop
  Bishop
  A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
  
   of Argolis
  Argolis
  Argolis is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula.-Geography:...
  
   (925)
• Saint Ecumenius of Trikala
  Trikala
  Trikala is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece. It is the capital of the Trikala peripheral unit, and is located NW of Athens, NW, of Karditsa, E of Ioannina and Metsovo, S of Grevena, SW of Thessaloniki, and W of Larissa...
  
  , the Wonderworker (10th c.)
• Saint Ansfried
  Ansfried of Utrecht
  Saint Ansfried of Utrecht was Count of Huy and the sword-bearer for Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor....
  
  , Bishop of Utrecht (1010)
• Saint Theodosius
  Theodosius of Kiev
  Theodosius of Kiev is an 11th century saint who brought Cenobitic Monasticism to Kievan Rus' and, together with St Anthony of Kiev, founded the Kiev Caves Lavra...
  
  , abbot of the Kiev Caves Monastery and founder of cenobitic
  Cenobitic
  Cenobitic monasticism is a monastic tradition that stresses community life. Often in the West, the community belongs to a religious order and the life of the cenobitic monk is regulated by a religious rule, a collection of precepts...
  
   monasticism in Russia (1074)
• St. Theophanes of Vatopedi, Metropolitan of Peritheorion (near Xanthi
  Xanthi
  Xanthi ; is a city in Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi peripheral unit of the periphery of East Macedonia and Thrace.-History:...
  
  ) (14th c.)
• Schema-abbess Juliana (1393) and Schema-nun Eupraxia (1394), of the Monastery of the Conception in Moscow
  Conception Convent
  Conception monastery is an operating Russian Orthodox convent in Khamovniki District of Moscow, Russia. The Convent, closed in 1918, reopened in 1995 and has now been restored.-History:...
  
  
• Saint Gregory Archbishop of Rostov, Yiaroslavl and White Lake (Abbott of Kamennoi Monastery
  Kamenny Monastery
  Kamenny Monastery was the name of a Russian Orthodox monastery situated on a small eponymous island in the very centre of the Kubensky Lake. It is distinguished as the first stone monastery of the Russian North.Kamenny Island is very small, measuring just 120 metres by 70 metres...
  
   (Monastery of the Transfiguration) at Kubenski Lake
  Lake Kubenskoye
  Kubenskoe Lake is a large and shallow lake in Vologda Oblast of Russia, situated at the height of 109 metres above mean sea level, stretching for 60 km from north-west to south-east....
  
  , in Vologda province) (1416)
• Martyr Saint Ahmet the Calligrapher of Constantinople
  Constantinople
  Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
  
   (1682)
• Martyr Paul of Vilnius, Lithuania (17th c.)
• New Martyrs Anastasia and Christodoulos, at Achaea
  Achaea
  Achaea is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras. The population exceeds 300,000 since 2001.-Geography:...
  
   (1821)
• Saint Irodion of Lainici, Abbot of Lainici Monastery
  Lainici Monastery
  The Lainici Monastery is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located 32 km from Târgu Jiu.-History:First mention of this monastery was in 14th siecle. The monastery was constructed during the reign of John Caradja Voivode between 1812 and 1817.-References:...
  
   in Romania (1900)
• New Hieromartyr Nicholas, priest (1941)

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relic
  Relic
  In religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...
  
  s of Saint Luke of Mt. Stirion
  Luke of Steiris
  Luke of Steiris was a Byzantine saint of the tenth century AD who lived in the themes of Hellas and Peloponnese in Greece. His relics are preserved in his monastery of Hosios Loukas. The principal source for Luke's life is an anonymous Life written by a monk of Hosios Loukas who had been one of...
  
   (953)
• Translation of the Dormition Icon of the Mother of God from Constantinople to the Kiev-Pechersk Far Caves (1073)
• "Svenskaya" (Kiev Caves) Icon
  Icon
  An icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...
  
   of the Most Holy Theotokos
  Theotokos
  Theotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...
  
  (1288)

Sources

• May 3/16, Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
• May 16, 2011 / May 3, HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow)
• AN ENGLISH ORTHODOX CALENDAR
• May 3. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 3, The Roman Martyrology.

• 3 ΜΑΪΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.