December 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Prophet Habakkuk (Abbacum) (7th century BC)[1][2][3]
• Martyr Myrope of Chios, under Decius (251)[2][4][5][note 2]
• Martyr Abibus the New (Abibus of Edessa), Deacon, burned at the stake (c. 307-323)[6][note 3]
• Saints John, Heraclemon, Andrew and Theophilus, of Oxyrhynchus, hermits of Egypt (4th century)[2][7][8] (see also June 12 )
• Saint Moses the Confessor (Moses the Economos).[9][note 4]
• Venerable Jesse (Ise, Isidore), Bishop of Tsilkani in Georgia (6th century)[2][10][11][12]
• Saint Solomon, Archbishop of Ephesus[2] (see also: December 1)

• Saint Evasius, First Bishop of Brescia in Italy.[13][14][15]
• Saint Lupus (Luperius), Bishop of Verona in Italy, Confessor.[13][14][15]
• Martyrs Eusebius, a priest; Marcellus, a deacon; Hippolytus, Maximus, Adria, Paulina, Neon, Mary, Martana, and Aurelia - under Valerian (c. 254-259)[13][note 5][note 6]
• Martyr Pontian, with four others, at Rome, under Valerian (c. 259)[13][15]
• Saint Bibiana (Vibiana, Vivian), a holy virgin martyred in Rome (c. 361-363)[13][15][note 7]
• Saint Chromatius, Bishop of Aquileia near Venice, friend of St John Chrysostom, Confessor (406)[13][15][note 8]
• Martyrs Severus, Securus, Januarius and Victorinus, martyrs in North Africa who suffered under the Vandals (c. 450)[13][14][note 9]
• Saint Silverius, Pope of Rome (537)[13][note 10]
• Saint Trumwine of Abercorn (Trumwin of Whitby), the only ever Bishop of the Northumbrian see of the Picts (late 7th century)[14]

• Saint Cyril of Phileotes (in the vicinity of Derkos in Thrace) (1110)[2][16]
• Venerable Abbacum the Ascetic of Cyprus, Wonderworker (late 12th century)[17][note 11]
• Saint Athanasius “the Resurrected,” recluse of the Kiev Caves, whose relics are in the Near Caves (1176)[2][18][19][20]
• Saint Athanasius, recluse of the Kiev Caves, whose relics are in the Far Caves (1264)[2][18][21][note 12]
• Saint Stephen-Urosh V, King of Serbia (1371), and his mother St. Helena (1376), of Serbia.[2][18][22]
• Saint Joannicius of Devič, Serbia (1430)[2][18]
• Venerable Hiero-Confessor Alexei (Kabaliuk) of Carpathia, Schema-Archimandrite, of Khust, Apostle of Carpatho-Russia (1947)[23][note 13][note 14] (see also: October 21, November 19)
• Venerable Elder Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia, an Athonite hieromonk known for his gifts of spiritual discernment (1991)[25][26][note 15]

• Repose of Elder Luke “the Guestmaster” of Valaam (Schema-abbot Luke), (1965)[2][note 16]

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  The prophet Habakkuk. (Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, 17th century).
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  Archangel Michael takes Habakkuk to Daniel in the lion's Den (c. 1300).
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  Stained glass window of Sts. Sebastianus and Chromatius.
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  Pope Silverius.
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  Saint Stephen-Uroš V, King of Serbia
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  St. Helena of Bulgaria.
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  Relics of St. Alexei (Kabaliuk) of Carpathia (Monastery of St Nicholas in Iza, near Khust, Ukraine).
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  St. Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia.

• December 2/15. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• December 15 / December 2. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• December 2. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• December 2. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 371–372.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 579.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 2 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 2 Δεκεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 15 декабря (2 декабря). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 2 декабря (ст.ст.) 15 декабря 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).