30 July
23 commemorations of 30 July in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 12 August of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Apostles of the Seventy Silas and Silvanus, and with them Apostles Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus (1st century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Σίλας, Σιλουανός, Ἐπαινετός, Κρήσκης καὶ Ἀνδρόνικος οἱ Ἀπόστολοιorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru · tyoos.org
- Martyrs under Decius (c. 251)
- Hieromartyr Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon in Egypt
- Hieromartyrs Parmenius, Helimenas (Elimas), and Chrysotelus, Priests
- Luke and Mocius, Deacons
- Martyrs Maximus and Olympius
- Martyrs Abdon and Sennen, princes of Persia, at Rome (251)orthodoxengland.org.uk · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Valentine, Bishop of Interamna (Terni) in Italy, and his martyred disciples Proculus, Ephebus, Apollonius, and Abundius (c. 273)pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr John the Soldier, at Tralles in Asia Minor (361-363)pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Julitta of Caesarea in Cappadocia (4th century)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἰουλίττη ἀπὸ τὴν Καισαρείαsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Stephen Vladislav of Serbia (1243)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Prince Tsotne Dadiani the Confessor, of Mingrelia, Georgia (13th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Angelina (Brancovic), Despotina of Serbia (c. 1520)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr John Plotnikov, Deacon (1918)pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hiero-confessor Anatole II (Potapov) "the Younger", Elder of Optina Monastery (1922)pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · 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.
- Saint Rufinus of Assisi, a martyr in one of the early persecutions in Assisi in Italyorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Maxima, Donatilla and Secunda, three holy virgins (Secunda was aged twelve), martyred in Tebourba in North Africa under Diocletian (304)
- Saint Peter Chrysologus, Archbishop of Ravenna (c. 450)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ursus of Auxerre, a hermit at the church of St Amator in Auxerre in France, who was made bishop of that city when he was aged seventy-five (508)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ermengyth, a sister of St Ermenburgh, she lived as a nun at Minster-in-Thanet in England (c. 680)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Tatwine, the tenth Archbishop of Canterbury (734)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr-King Olaf II Haraldsson, Enlightener of Norway (1030)orthochristian.com · orthodox.net · orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Uncovering of the relics (1484) of Venerable Herman of Solovki (1479)pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Saints of Samarapravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Saints of Aeginaodosaeginis.blogspot.com
- Sitka Icon of the Most Holy Theotokospravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Mother of God of Okonskholytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org
The list is July 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.