June 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

June 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 1

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 13 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

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]}

• 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]} (see also: June 28)
• Martyr Meliton, by the sword.^{[3] [5] [7] [9]}
• Martyr Peter of Sinope, dragged to death.^{[1] [3] [5] [10]}
• Saint Dinara, Queen of Khereti, Georgia (10th century)^{[1] [5] [11] [12]}

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)^[13]
• Martyrs Gaius the Priest and Leo the Subdeacon, either in North Africa or in Rome.^[13]
• Saint Lucina, an early martyr in Rome.^{[13] [14]}
• Virgin-Martyr Emiliana, in Rome.^[13]
• Saint Martial, first Bishop of Limoges and "Apostle of the Limousin", together with two of his priests, Alpinian and Austriclinian (3rd century)^{[1] [5] [13] [15] [16]}
• Saint Eurgain, foundress of Cor-Eurgain in Wales, later called Llantwit (6th century)^[13]
• Saint Bertrand, Bishop of Le Mans (623)^[13]
• Saint Clotsindis (Clotsend), foundress of Marchiennes Abbey (c. 635-714)^{[13] [17]}
• Saint Erentrude, Abbess of Nonnberg Monastery, Salzburg (c. 718)^{[1] [13] [18]}
• Saint Marcian, Bishop of Pampeluna in Spain, he was present at the Sixth Council of Toledo in 737 (c. 757)^[13]
• Saint Ostianus, a saint venerated at Viviers in France.^[13]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint George of the Holy Mountain and Georgia (1065)^{[7] [19]} (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] [20] [21] [22]}
• Saint Gelasius of Rimet in Transylvania (14th century)^{[1] [5] [23] [24]}
• Saint Parasceve of Kevrolsk (near Arkhangelsk), sister of Artemius of Verkola (16th century)^{[7] [25] [26]}
• Saint Stephen of Omsk (1877)^[1]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Martyr Michael Paknanas the Gardener, of Athens (1770)^{[1] [3] [5] [27]}
• New Hieromartyr Timothy Petropavlovsk, Priest (1918)^{[5] [22]}
• New Hieromartyr Nicandor (Prusak), Hieromonk of Tolga Monastery, Yaroslavl (1918)^{[1] [5] [22]}
• New Hieromartyr Theogenes (Kozyrev), Archimandrite, of Chimkent, Kazakhstan (1939)^{[1] [5] [22]}
• New Hieromartyr Milan Popovic, Priest, of Rmanj Monastery, by the Ustashas (1941)^{[1] [5]}
• New Martyr Alexander (Schmorell) of Munich (1943)^[1]
• New Martyr John Demidov (1944)^{[5] [22] [28]}

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Mother of God of Balikin (1711)^{[1] [5] [22] [29] [30] [31]}
• Icon of the Mother of God of Gorbanevsk (1786)^{[5] [22] [32]}
• Repose of Bishop Nestor (Zass) of the Aleutians and Alaska (1882)^[1]
• Commemoration of the Slaughtered Christians at Diyarbekir of Asia Minor under the Turks and Kurds (1895)^{[33] [34]}
• Glorification (1918) of Saint Sophronius, Bishop of Irkutsk (1771)^{[1] [5] [22] [35] [36]}
• Repose of Archimandrite Gervasios (Paraskevopoulos) of Patras (1964)^{[37] [38]}

Sources

• June 30/July 13. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• July 13 / June 30. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• June 30. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• June 30. The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts.
• 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. 48.
• The Thirtieth Day of the Month of June. Orthodoxy in China.
• June 30. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 189–190.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 294–296.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 30 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• 30 Ιουνίου. Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece).
• 30/06/2018. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

• 13 июля (30 июня). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 30 июня по старому стилю / 13 июля по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год.
• 30 июня (ст.ст.) 13 июля 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20170630.html June 30/July 13
2. Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ἁγίων Ἐνδόξων καὶ Πανευφήμων Ἀποστόλων. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. Συναξαριστής. 30 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
4. Synaxis of the Holy, Glorious and All-Praised Twelve Apostles. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
5. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2018&today=13&month=7&trp=0&tzo=-4 July 13 / June 30
6. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Μαρία ἡ μητέρα τοῦ Εὐαγγελιστοῦ Μάρκου. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. 30 Ιουνίου. Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece).
8. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Φυνέλλος ὁ Ἀπόστολος ἐκ τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μελίτων ὁ Μάρτυρας. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐκ Σινώπης. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Δηναρία βασίλισσα Γεωργίας. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. Holy Queen Dinar. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
13. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdjun.htm June 30
14. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. LUCINA, MATR. (1ST OR 4TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 462-463.
15. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαρτιάλιος Ἐπίσκοπος Λιμὸζ Γαλλίας. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MARTIAL, B. OF LIMOGES. (DATE UNCERTAIN.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 463-484.
17. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CLOTSENDIS, V. ABSS. (ABOUT A.D. 700.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 486.
18. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. ERENTRUDIS, OR ERENTRUDE, VIRGIN ABBESS OF NUNBERG, BAVARIA. [SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VI. Dublin, 1875. pp. 826-831.
19. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ἁγιορείτης ἐξ Ἰβηρίας. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ πρίγκιπας. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. St. Peter the Prince of Ordinsk, Rostov. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
22. 30 июня по старому стилю / 13 июля по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год.
23. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γελάσιος ὁ ἐν τῇ μονῇ Ραμέτι Ρουμανίας ἀσκήσας. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. St. Gelasius of Rimet. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
25. Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Παρασκευὴ ἐν Κέβρολσκ Ρωσίας. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
26. Michael J. Walsh. A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West. Liturgical Press, 2007. p. 467.
27. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μιχαὴλ ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Πακνανᾶς. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
28. ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
29. Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Βαλικίν, ἐν Τσέρνιγκωφ Ρωσίας. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
30. Icon of the Mother of God of Balikin. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
31. БАЛЫКИНСКАЯ ИКОНА БОЖИЕЙ МАТЕРИ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
32. ГОРБАНЁВСКАЯ (ГОРБАНЕВСКАЯ) ИКОНА БОЖИЕЙ МАТЕРИ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
33. 30/06/2018. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
34. The Slaughter of Christians By Turks and Kurds in Diarbekir in 1895. Mystagogy Resource Center. Junbe 30, 2013.
35. Great Synaxaristes: Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Σωφρονίου Ἐπισκόπου Ἰρκούτσκ. 30 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
36. Translation of the relics of St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
37. ELDER GERVASIOS (PARASKEVOPOULOS) OF PATRAS PROPOSED FOR CANONIZATION (+ VIDEO). Orthodox Christianity. Patras, Greece, June 19, 2019.
38. GREEK SYNOD PROPOSES ELDER GERVASIOS (PARASKEVOPOULOS) OF PATRAS TO CONSTANTINOPLE FOR CANONIZATION. Orthodox Christianity. Athens, August 29, 2019.