30 September
24 commemorations of 30 September in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 13 October of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Gregory the Illuminator
Saints
- Hieromartyr Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Enlightener of Greater Armenia (c. 335)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Rhipsima and Gaiana with 35 Virgin-Martyrs, in Armenia (early 4th century)Οἱ Ἁγίες Ριψιμία (ἡ Ριψίμη), Γαϊανὴ καὶ Ἄλλες 32 Παρθενομάρτυρεςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Holy seventy (70) martyrs, with St. Rhipsima (4th century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι 70 Μάρτυρεςsaint.gr · synaxarion.gr
- Holy 1000 martyrs, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι 1000 Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Martyr Stratonicus, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Στρατόνικος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · saint.gr
- Martyr Mardonius, by burning out his eyesὉ Ἅγιος Μαρδόνιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · saint.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Michael, Great Prince of Tver (1318)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Gregory, founder of Pelshma Monastery in Vologda, Wonderworker (1442)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γρηγόριος ὁ ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ Πεσόμα (Ρῶσος)synaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Meletius I Pegas, Patriarch of Alexandria (1601)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Prokopius Popov, Priest (1918)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyrs (1937)
- Peter Solovyov, Viacheslav (Wenceslaus) Zankov, Peter Pushkinsky, Symeon Lileev, Basil Guriev, Alexander Orlov, Priests
- Seraphim Vasilenko, Deacon
- Virgin-martyr Alexandra (Chervyakova), Schemanun, of Moscow (1937)
- Martyrs Alexis Serebrennikov and Matthew Solovyov
- Virgin-martyr Apollinaria Tupitsyna
- New Hieromartyr Leonidas Prendkovich, Priest (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hiero-confessor Seraphim (Zagorovsky), Hieromonk, of Kharkov (1943)holytrinityorthodox.com · 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.
- Martyr Sophia, mother of the virgin-martyrs Faith, Hope and Charity, at Rome (c. 173)orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Martyrs Victor and Ursus, two soldiers connected with the Theban Legion and venerated in Soleure in Switzerland (286)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Antoninus, a soldier of the Theban Legion, martyred on the banks of the Trebbia near Piacenza in Italy (3rd century)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Leopardus, a servant or slave in the household of Julian the Apostate, likely martyred in Rome (362)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Blessed Jerome (Hieronymus) of Stridonium (420)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Midan (Nidan), a saint on Anglesey in Wales (c. 610)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor (653)Ὁ Ἅγιος Honorius (Ἄγγλος)synaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Enghenedl, a church in Anglesey in Wales was dedicated to him (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Laurus (Lery), born in Wales, he went to Brittany and founded the monastery later called after him, Saint-Léry, on the River Doneff (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr-hermits Tancred, Torthred, and Tova, three Anglo-Saxon siblings of Thorneyholytrinityorthodox.com · 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.
- Translation of the relics (c. 1103) of St. Michael (992), First Metropolitan of KievὉ Ἅγιος Μιχαὴλ ὁ Θαυματουργός πρῶτος Μητροπολίτης Κιέβου καὶ πάσης Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
The list is September 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.