30 May
25 commemorations of 30 May in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 12 June of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Aphrodisius, Agapius, Eusebios, Charalampos and Christina, in Nicomedia, by fire (65)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀφροδίσιος, Ἀγάπιος, Εὐσέβιος, Ρωμανός, Τελέτιος, Χαράλαμπος καὶ Χριστίνα οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- Hieromartyr Eutychius, disciple of St. John the Theologian (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτυχὴς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Euplius (Efplos), by being encased in an ox skin and left exposed to the sunὉ Ἅγιος Εὔπλος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Natalios, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Νατάλιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Martyr Barlaam, of Caesarea in Cappadocia (c. 303–305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαρλαὰμ ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Cyprian of Antioch, reposed in peaceὉ Ἅγιος Κυπριανὸς ὁ ἐξ Ἀντιοχείαςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Macrina the Elder, grandmother of Saints Macrina, Basil the Great, Naucratius, Peter of Sebaste, and Gregory of Nyssa (340)orthochristian.com · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Emmelia of Caesarea, mother of Saint Basil the Great (375)Ἡ Ὁσία Ἐμμελείαsynaxarion.gr · oca.org
- Venerable Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (383)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰσαάκιος ὁ Ὁμολογητήςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Jacob, monk of Starotorzhok Monastery in Galich, Kostroma (15th-16th century)drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerables Isaiah and Nikanor of Arkhangelsk (16th-17th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἡσαΐας καὶ Νικάνωρ ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Synaxis of the Saints of Penza (2020)drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Basil Smolensky, Archpriest, of Kholmets, Moscow (1942)drevo-info.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · mospat.ru · pravoslavie.ru
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Martyrs Gabinus and Crispulus, at Torres in Sardinia, Protomartyrs of Sardinia (130)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology · breviary.net
- Pope Saint Felix I, who was the first to condemn the heresy of Paul of Samosata (274)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Venantius of Gaul, elder brother of St Honoratus of Lérins (374)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βενάνδιοςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Exuperantius (Esuperantio), Bishop of Ravenna and Confessor (418)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Madelgisilus (Mauguille), Irish saint, disciple of St Fursey (655)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Anastasius of Pavia (680)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Hubert (Hugbert of Bretigny, Hubert of Maastricht), the "Apostle of the Ardennes", first Bishop of Liège (727)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gamo, monk and then Abbot of Brétigny near Noyon in France (8th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Walstan of Bawburgh, a farm labourer in Taverham and Costessey, remarkable for his charity (1016)drevo-info.ru · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Consecration of the Church of St. Euphemia in Dexiokratiana, ConstantinopleἘγκαίνια τοῦ ναοῦ τῆς Ἁγίας Εὐφημίας ἐν Δεξιοκρατιαναῖςsynaxarion.gr
- Repose of Abbot Ephraim of Sarov (1778)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Hieromonk Benedict (Ghius) of Romania (1990)pravoslavie.ru
The list is May 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.