June 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

June 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 1

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 13 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For June 30th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 17.

Saints

• Synaxis of the Holy, Glorious, and All-Praised Twelve Apostles:^{[1][2][3][4][5][note 2]}

• Peter, Andrew, James and John the sons of Zebedee, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Jude the brother of James, Simon the Zealot, and Matthias.

• Saint Mary of Jerusalem, mother of Apostle Mark (1st century)^[6][7] (see also: June 29)
• Saint Phygellus, Bishop of Ephesus, of the Seventy Apostles.^[3][7][8]
• Martyr Basilides the Soldier, at Alexandria (202)^{[1][5][note 3]} (see also: June 28)
• Martyr Meliton, by the sword.^{[3][5][7][10]}
• Martyr Peter of Sinope, dragged to death.^{[1][3][5][11]}
• Saint Dinara, Queen of Khereti, Georgia (10th century)^{[1][5][12][13]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Protomartyrs of Rome, falsely charged by Nero with burning down the city and were ordered to undergo various cruel deaths (64)^{[14][note 4]}
• Martyrs Gaius the Priest and Leo the Subdeacon, either in North Africa or in Rome.^{[14][note 5]}
• Saint Lucina, an early martyr in Rome.^{[14][15][note 6]}
• Virgin-Martyr Emiliana, in Rome.^{[14][note 7]}
• Saint Martial, first Bishop of Limoges and "Apostle of the Limousin", together with two of his priests, Alpinian and Austriclinian (3rd century)^{[1][5][14][16][17][note 8]}
• Saint Eurgain, foundress of Cor-Eurgain in Wales, later called Llantwit (6th century)^[14]
• Saint Bertrand, Bishop of Le Mans (623)^{[14][note 9]}
• Saint Clotsindis (Clotsend), foundress of Marchiennes Abbey (c. 635-714)^{[14][18][note 10]}
• Saint Erentrude, Abbess of Nonnberg Monastery, Salzburg (c. 718)^{[1][14][19][note 11]}
• Saint Marcian, Bishop of Pampeluna in Spain, he was present at the Sixth Council of Toledo in 737 (c. 757)^[14]
• Saint Ostianus, a saint venerated at Viviers in France.^{[14][note 12]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint George of the Holy Mountain and Georgia (1065)^[7][20] (see also: June 27 )
• Saint Andrew, Prince of Bogolubovo (1174)^[1][5]
• Saint Peter, Prince of the Tatar Horde, Wonderworker of Rostov (1290)^{[1][5][21][22][23][note 13]}
• Saint Gelasius of Rimet in Transylvania (14th century)^{[1][5][24][25]}
• Saint Parasceve of Kevrolsk (near Arkhangelsk), sister of Artemius of Verkola (16th century)^{[7][26][27][note 14]}
• Saint Stephen of Omsk (1877)^[1]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Martyr Michael Paknanas the Gardener, of Athens (1770)^{[1][3][5][29]}
• New Hieromartyr Timothy Petropavlovsk, Priest (1918)^{[5][23][note 15]}
• New Hieromartyr Nicandor (Prusak), Hieromonk of Tolga Monastery, Yaroslavl (1918)^[1][5][23]
• New Hieromartyr Theogenes (Kozyrev), Archimandrite, of Chimkent, Kazakhstan (1939)^{[1][5][23][note 16]}
• New Hieromartyr Milan Popovic, Priest, of Rmanj Monastery, by the Ustashas (1941)^{[1][5][note 17]}
• New Martyr Alexander (Schmorell) of Munich (1943)^[1]
• New Martyr John Demidov (1944)^[5][23][30]

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Mother of God of Balikin (1711)^{[1][5][23][31][32][33][note 18]}
• Icon of the Mother of God of Gorbanevsk (1786)^[5][23][34]
• Repose of Bishop Nestor (Zass) of the Aleutians and Alaska (1882)^{[1][note 19]}
• Commemoration of the Slaughtered Christians at Diyarbekir of Asia Minor under the Turks and Kurds (1895)^{[35][36][note 20]}
• Glorification (1918) of Saint Sophronius, Bishop of Irkutsk (1771)^{[1][5][23][37][38][note 21]}
• Repose of Archimandrite Gervasios (Paraskevopoulos) of Patras (1964)^{[39][40][note 22]}

Icon gallery

• 
  Synaxis of the Holy, Glorious, and All-Praised Twelve Apostles.
• 
  St. Martial of Limoges receives the pastoral staff from St Peter.
• 
  St. George of the Holy Mountain and Georgia.
• 
  St. Andrew, Prince of Bogoliubovo.
• 
  St. Peter the Prince of Ordinsk, Rostov.
• 
  Icon of the Mother of God of Balikin.
• 
  St. Sophronius, Bishop of Irkutsk.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. Name days celebrated today include:

   • Apostolos (Ἀπόστολος);
   • Apostolia (Ἀποστολία).
3. "At Alexandria, the passion of St. Basilides, under the emperor Severus. He protected from the insults of profligate men the saintly virgin Potamiœna, whom he was leading to execution, and received from her the reward of his pious action. For, at the end of three days, she appeared to him, and placing a crown on his head, not only converted him to Christ, but by her prayers made of him, after a short combat, a glorious martyr."^[9]
4. Protomartyrs of Rome. They were falsely charged by Nero with burning down the city and were ordered to undergo various cruel deaths; some were covered with the skins of wild beasts and thrown to wild dogs to be torn apart; others were crucified and when daylight failed were used as human torches. They were all disciples of the Apostles and the first fruits of the martyrs whom the Church of Rome sent to the Lord.
5. "The same day, the saints Caius, priest, and Leo, subdeacon."^[9]
6. "At Rome, St. Lucina, a disciple of the Apostles, who relieved the necessities of the saints with her goods, visited the Christians detained in prison, buried the martyrs, and was laid by their side in a crypt constructed by herself."^[9]
7. "In the same city, St. Æmiliana, martyr."^[9]
8. "At Limoges, in France, St. Martial, bishop, with two priests, Alpinian and Austriclinian, whose lives were distinguished for miracles."^[9]
9. Born in Autun in France, he met St Germanus in Paris and later became Bishop of Le Mans. He took a great interest in agriculture and wine-growing and loved the poor.
10. Daughter of St Adalbald and St Rictrudis, who founded the convent of Marchiennes in the north of France. Clotsindis succeeded her mother as second abbess.
11. A sister or niece of St Rupert, Apostle of Salzburg. She was the first Abbess of Nonnberg in Salzburg, founded for her by Rupert.
12. "In the territory of Viviers, St. Ostian, priest and confessor."^[9]
13. See also: (in Russian) Пётр Ордынский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
14. Her tomb in Kevrolsk, found in 1610, is claimed as the source of many miracles.^[27] See also: June 23.^[28]
15. See also: (in Russian) Петропавловский, Тимофей Александрович. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
16. See also: (in Russian) Феоген (Козырев). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
17. See: (in Serbian) Милан Поповић (свештеник). Википедију. (Serbian Wikipedia).
18. See also: (in Russian) Балыкинская икона Божией Матери. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
19. See: (in Russian) Нестор (Засс). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
20. This commemoration was established by the Patriarchate of Alexandria in 1896, to be observed on June 30.^[36]
21. See also: (in Russian) Софроний (Кристалевский). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
22. See: (in Greek) Γερβάσιος Παρασκευόπουλος. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).