October 29 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 31
All fixed commemorations below are observed on November 12 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For October 30th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 17.
Saints Apostle Cleopas of the Seventy, brother of Righteous Joseph the Betrothed (1st century)October 30/November 12. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κλεόπας ὁ Ἀπόστολος ἐκ τῶν 70. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Apostles Tertius (Terence),Apostle Tertius of the Seventy. OCA -Lives of the Saints. Mark,Apostle Mark of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Justus,Apostle Justus of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and Artemas,Apostle Artemas of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints. of the Seventy Disciples (1st century)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Τέρτιος, Μᾶρκος, Ἰοῦστος (ἢ Ἰησοῦς) καὶ Ἀρτεμᾶς οἱ Ἀπόστολοι ἐκ τῶν 70. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Hieromartyr Marcian, Bishop of Syracuse (2nd century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαρκιανὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Hieromartyr Marcian the Bishop of Syracuse. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: February 9) Virgin-martyr Apollonia of Alexandria the deaconess (parthénos presbytis), and those with her in Alexandria (249) Αγία Απολλωνία, η Παρθένος και Πρεσβύτης, και οι συν αυτή εν Αλεξάνδρεια Μάρτυρες. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀπολλωνία ἡ Παρθένος καὶ Πρεσβύτης, καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῇ ἐν Ἀλεξάνδρειᾳ Μάρτυρες. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: February 9) Martyrs Alexander, Cronion, Julian, Macarius, and 13 companions, at Alexandria (250)Great Synaxaristes: 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 Μάρτυρες. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Eutropia of Alexandria (250)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Εὐτροπία ἡ Μάρτυς. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Eutropia of Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Hieromartyr Zenobius, Bishop of Aegae in Cilicia, and his sister Zenobia (285)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ζηνόβιος καὶ Ζηνοβία τὰ ἀδέλφια. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Hieromartyr Zenobius of Aegae in Cilicia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrs Claudius, Asterius, Neon and Neonilla, siblings, of Laranda in Cilicia, by beheading (c. 288)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀστέριος, Κλαύδιος, Νέων καὶ Νεονίλλη τὰ ἀδέλφια. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: October 29) Martyr Manuel (Emmanuel).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μανουὴλ ὁ Μάρτυρας. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Dometios of Phrygia, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δομέτιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 81. (see also: March 23) Martyr Demios, the former executioner.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δήμιος. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 30/10/2015. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. (see also: March 25) Holy Nine Martyrs.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐννέα Μάρτυρες. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Asterius, Metropolitan of Amasea (before 431) Venerable Therapon, Ascetic and Wonderworker of Lythrodontas, Cyprus (c. 7th century) Όσιος Θεράπων ο παρά τον Λυθροδόνταν ασκήσας. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Marcellus of Tangier, a Roman centurion in Tangier in North Africa (298)October 30. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saints Claudius, Lupercus and Victorius, three brothers, sons of the centurion St Marcellus of Tangier, martyred in Léon in Spain under Diocletian (c. 300) Saint Saturninus of Cagliari, a martyr in Cagliari in Sardinia under Diocletian, beheaded during a pagan festival of Jupiter (303) Saint Theonestus, by tradition Bishop of Philippi, later martyred in Altino in Italy (425) Martyrs of North-West Africa. Saint Arilda of Oldbury, virgin-martyr in Gloucestershire, England (c. 5th century) Saint Eutropia, a holy woman who lived in Auvergne in France (5th century) Saint Lucanus, a martyr in Lagny in France, where his relics were enshrined (5th century) Saint Germanus of Capua, Bishop of Capua and a friend of St Benedict (c. 545) Saint Talarican, probably Pictish, St Talarican was a bishop in Scotland and several churches were dedicated to him (8th century) Saint Herbert (Haberne, Herbern), Abbot of Marmoutier and later Archbishop of Tours in France (916) Saint Ethelnoth, called 'the Good' and famed for his wisdom, was a monk at Glastonbury, became thirty-second Archbishop of Canterbury (1038) Saint Nanterius (Nantier, Nantère), Abbot of Saint Mihiel Abbey in Lorraine in France (1044)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Joseph I Galesiotes, Patriarch of Constantinople (1283)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσὴφ Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.November 12 / October 30. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Stephen Milutin, King of Serbia (1320),St Stephen Milutin of Serbia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. his brother St. Dragutin (monk Theoctistus) (1316),Venerable Dragutin (Theoctistus in Monasticism) of Serbia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and their mother St. Helen (1306)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Στέφανος, Θεόκτιστος καὶ Ἑλένη. 30 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Helen of Serbia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. 12 ноября (30 октября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Martyr Iotam Zedgenidze, near Lake Paravani, Georgia (1465)St Jotham Zedgenidze. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyr Nicanor (Kudriavtsev) bishop of Bogoroditsk (1923) New Hieromartyr Eugene (Zernov), Metropolitan of Gorkovsky (Nizhni Novgorod) (1935) New Hieromartyr Leonid Vinogradov, Priest (1941) New Hieromartyr Matthew Kazarin, Protodeacon of Alma Ata (1942) 30 октября по старому стилю / 12 ноября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2015 год. New Hiero-confessor Varnava Nastić of Bosnia, Bishop of Hvosno (1964)
Other commemorations Finding of the relics of Great-martyr Stephen-Urosh III of Decani, Serbia (1338) Icon of the Mother of God of Ozeryanka (16th century)Icon of the Mother of God of Ozeryanka. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Uncovering of the relics of St. Agafangel (Preobrazhensky), Metropolitan of Yaroslavl, Confessor of the Faith (1998) Uncovering of the relics (2009) of St. Eutropia (Isayenkova) of Kherson (1968) ЕВТРОПИЯ ХЕРСОНСКАЯ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 8, 2026. В ХЕРСОНСКОЙ ЕПАРХИИ ОБРЕТЕНЫ МОЩИ МОНАХИНИ ЕВТРОПИИ (ИСАЕНКОВОЙ). Pravoslavie.ru. Херсон, 17 ноября 2009 г.Saint Eutropia (Isayenkova) of Kherson Glorified by Ukrainian Church. MYSTAGOGY. August 11, 2011. Repose of Archimandrite Boris (Kholchev) of Tashkent (1971)
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