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30 October

40 commemorations of 30 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 12 November of the civil calendar.

Saints

  • Apostle Cleopas of the Seventy, brother of Righteous Joseph the Betrothed (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κλεόπας ὁ Ἀπόστολος ἐκ τῶν 70orthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Apostles Tertius (Terence), Mark, Justus, and Artemas, of the Seventy Disciples (1st century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τέρτιος, Μᾶρκος, Ἰοῦστος (ἢ Ἰησοῦς) καὶ Ἀρτεμᾶς οἱ Ἀπόστολοι ἐκ τῶν 70oca.org · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Hieromartyr Marcian, Bishop of Syracuse (2nd century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρκιανὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Virgin-martyr Apollonia of Alexandria the deaconess (parthénos presbytis), and those with her in Alexandria (249)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀπολλωνία ἡ Παρθένος καὶ Πρεσβύτης, καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῇ ἐν Ἀλεξάνδρειᾳ Μάρτυρεςsaint.gr · synaxarion.gr
  • Martyrs Alexander, Cronion, Julian, Macarius, and 13 companions, at Alexandria (250)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κοϊντᾶς, Μήτρας, Νεμεσίων, Πτολεμαῖος, Θεόφιλος, Ἰγένης, Ἰσίδωρος, Κλαύδιος, Ἐπίμαχος, Εὐτρόπιος, Ζήνων, Ἤρων, Ἄμμων, Ἀτῆρ, Βήσας, Διόσκουρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Κρονίων, Ἰουλιανός, Μακάριος καὶ ἄλλοι 13 Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr Eutropia of Alexandria (250)Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐτροπία ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Hieromartyr Zenobius, Bishop of Aegae in Cilicia, and his sister Zenobia (285)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ζηνόβιος καὶ Ζηνοβία τὰ ἀδέλφιαsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyrs Claudius, Asterius, Neon and Neonilla, siblings, of Laranda in Cilicia, by beheading (c. 288)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀστέριος, Κλαύδιος, Νέων καὶ Νεονίλλη τὰ ἀδέλφιαsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
  • Martyr Manuel (Emmanuel)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μανουὴλ ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
  • Martyr Dometios of Phrygia, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Δομέτιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
  • Martyr Demios, the former executionerὉ Ἅγιος Δήμιοςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
  • Holy Nine MartyrsΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐννέα Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
  • Saint Asterius, Metropolitan of Amasea (before 431)pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Therapon, Ascetic and Wonderworker of Lythrodontas, Cyprus (c. 7th century)saint.gr · ecclesia.gr

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Saint Joseph I Galesiotes, Patriarch of Constantinople (1283)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσὴφ Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Stephen Milutin, King of Serbia (1320), his brother St. Dragutin (monk Theoctistus) (1316), and their mother St. Helen (1306)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Στέφανος, Θεόκτιστος καὶ Ἑλένηoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr Iotam Zedgenidze, near Lake Paravani, Georgia (1465)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Nicanor (Kudriavtsev) bishop of Bogoroditsk (1923)holytrinityorthodox.com
  • New Hieromartyr Eugene (Zernov), Metropolitan of Gorkovsky (Nizhni Novgorod) (1935)holytrinityorthodox.com
  • New Hieromartyr Leonid Vinogradov, Priest (1941)holytrinityorthodox.com
  • New Hieromartyr Matthew Kazarin, Protodeacon of Alma Ata (1942)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • New Hiero-confessor Varnava Nastić of Bosnia, Bishop of Hvosno (1964)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.

  • Saint Marcellus of Tangier, a Roman centurion in Tangier in North Africa (298)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saints Claudius, Lupercus and Victorius, three brothers, sons of the centurion St Marcellus of Tangier, martyred in Léon in Spain under Diocletian (c. 300)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Saturninus of Cagliari, a martyr in Cagliari in Sardinia under Diocletian, beheaded during a pagan festival of Jupiter (303)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Theonestus, by tradition Bishop of Philippi, later martyred in Altino in Italy (425)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Martyrs of North-West Africaorthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Arilda of Oldbury, virgin-martyr in Gloucestershire, England (c. 5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Eutropia, a holy woman who lived in Auvergne in France (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Lucanus, a martyr in Lagny in France, where his relics were enshrined (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Germanus of Capua, Bishop of Capua and a friend of St Benedict (c. 545)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Talarican, probably Pictish, St Talarican was a bishop in Scotland and several churches were dedicated to him (8th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Herbert (Haberne, Herbern), Abbot of Marmoutier and later Archbishop of Tours in France (916)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Ethelnoth, called 'the Good' and famed for his wisdom, was a monk at Glastonbury, became thirty-second Archbishop of Canterbury (1038)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Nanterius (Nantier, Nantère), Abbot of Saint Mihiel Abbey in Lorraine in France (1044)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.

  • Finding of the relics of Great-martyr Stephen-Urosh III of Decani, Serbia (1338)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Icon of the Mother of God of Ozeryanka (16th century)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • Uncovering of the relics of St. Agafangel (Preobrazhensky), Metropolitan of Yaroslavl, Confessor of the Faith (1998)calendar.rop.ru
  • Uncovering of the relics (2009) of St. Eutropia (Isayenkova) of Kherson (1968)drevo-info.ru · johnsanidopoulos.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Repose of Archimandrite Boris (Kholchev) of Tashkent (1971)pravoslavie.ru

The list is October 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.

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