Jordan the Wonderworker

Venerable Jordan the Wonderworker, an ascetic remembered in the Greek synaxarion.

Little is recorded of Venerable Jordan beyond his name and the note that he was a monk who reposed in peace and was granted the gift of working wonders. The synaxarion honors him briefly on May 2.

Greeks who bear the name Iordanis, taken from the river of Christ's baptism, may also keep this day.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Jordan the Wonderworker is commemorated on May 2. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 15 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Iordanis, Jordan, Jordanis

Also commemorated on May 2

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  Athanasios of Alexandria

  Hierarch, Αθανάσιος ο Μέγας

  Archbishop of Alexandria, defender of the Nicene faith.

  Name days: Athanasios, Thanassis, Thanos, Nasis, Athanasius

• Hesperos and Zoe with their sons Kyriakos and Theodoulos

  Martyr, Έσπερος, Ζωή, Κυριάκος και Θεόδουλος

  Holy Martyrs Hesperos, Zoe and their children Kyriakos and Theodoulos, a Christian slave family martyred at Attalia.

  Name days: Hesperos, Esperos, Theodoulos, Theodulus, Zoe, Zoi, Zoey

• Matrona of Moscow

  Holy Woman, Ματρώνα η Μοσχοβίτισσα

  Blessed Matrona of Moscow, the blind ascetic and counselor of twentieth-century Russia.

  Name days: Matrona

• Boris the Baptizer of Bulgaria

  Apostle, Βόρις-Μιχαήλ ο Ισαπόστολος

  Saint Boris, in baptism Michael, Prince of Bulgaria and Equal-to-the-Apostles, who brought his people to Christ.

  Name days: Boris

• Basil the Blessed of Moscow

  Venerable, Βασίλειος ο διά Χριστόν Σαλός

  Blessed Basil, Fool-for-Christ of Moscow, who walked barefoot through the city and rebuked even the Tsar.