May 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

May 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 31

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 12 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

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

Saints

• Martyrs Aphrodisius, Agapius, Eusebios, Charalampos and Christina, in Nicomedia, by fire (65)^[1] (see also April 28 - West)
• Hieromartyr Eutychius, disciple of St. John the Theologian (1st century)^[2] (see also August 24)
• Martyrs Romanos and Teletios, in Nicomedia, by the sword.^[3]
• Martyr Euplius (Efplos).^[4]
• Martyr Natalios, by the sword.^[5]
• Venerable Martyr Barlaam, of Caesarea in Cappadocia (c. 303–305)^{[6] [7]}
• Saint Cyprian of Antioch, reposed in peace.^[8]
• Saint Macrina the Elder, grandmother of St. Basil the Great (340)^{[9] [10]}
• Saint Emmelia of Caesarea, mother of Saint Basil the Great (375)^[11] (see also January 1 )
• Venerable Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (383)^{[9] [12] [13]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Gabinus and Crispulus, at Torres in Sardinia, Protomartyrs of Sardinia (130)^{[14] [15]}
• Pope Saint Felix I, who was the first to condemn the heresy of Paul of Samosata (274)^{[14] [15]}
• Saint Venantius of Gaul, elder brother of St Honoratus of Lérins (374)^{[9] [14] [16]}
• Saint Exuperantius (Esuperantio), Bishop of Ravenna and Confessor (418)^{[14] [15]}
• Saint Madelgisilus, Irish saint, disciple of St Fursey (655)^[14]
• Saint Anastasius of Pavia (680)^{[14] [15]}
• Saint Hubert (Hugbert of Bretigny, Hubert of Maastricht), the "Apostle of the Ardennes", first Bishop of Liège (727)^{[9] [14]}
• Saint Gamo, monk and then Abbot of Brétigny near Noyon in France (8th century)^[14]
• Saint Walstan, a farm labourer in Taverham and Costessey, remarkable for his charity (1016)^[14]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint James, monk of Starotorzhok in Galich, Kostroma (15th-16th century)^[9]
• Venerables Isaiah and Nikanor of Arkhangel'sk (16th-17th century)^{[10] [17]}

New martyrs and confessors

• Hieromartyr Basil, Priest (1942)^{[10] [18]}

Other commemorations

• Consecration of the Church of St. Euphemia in Dexiokratiana, Constantinople.^[19]
• Repose of Abbot Ephraim of Sarov (1778)^[9]
• Repose of Hieromonk Benedict (Ghius) of Romania (1990)^[9]

Sources

• May 30/June 12. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• June 12 / May 30. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• May 30. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
• May 30. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• May 30. The Roman Martyrology.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 30 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 30 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 12 июня (30 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 30 мая (ст.ст.) 12 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. Great Synaxaristes Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀφροδίσιος, Ἀγάπιος, Εὐσέβιος, Ρωμανός, Τελέτιος, Χαράλαμπος καὶ Χριστίνα οἱ Μάρτυρες. 30 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. Great Synaxaristes Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτυχὴς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 30 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. Great Synaxaristes Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ρωμανός καὶ Τελέτιος οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἐν Νικομηδείᾳ Καέντων. 30 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. Great Synaxaristes Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὔπλος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 30 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
5. Great Synaxaristes Ὁ Ἅγιος Νατάλιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 30 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Great Synaxaristes Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαρλαὰμ ὁ Μάρτυρας. 30 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. Συναξαριστής. 30 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
8. Great Synaxaristes Ὁ Ἅγιος Κυπριανὸς ὁ ἐξ Ἀντιοχείας. 30 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20160530.html May 30/June 12
10. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=12&month=6&trp=0&tzo=-4 June 12 / May 30
11. Great Synaxaristes Ἡ Ὁσία Ἐμμελεία. 30 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. Great Synaxaristes Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰσαάκιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής. 30 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Venerable Isaac the Founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
14. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdmay.htm May 30
15. http://www.breviary.net/martyrology/mart05/mart0530.htm May 30
16. Great Synaxaristes Ὁ Ὅσιος Βενάνδιος. 30 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. Great Synaxaristes Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἡσαΐας καὶ Νικάνωρ ἐκ Ρωσίας. 30 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. 30 мая (ст.ст.) 12 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
19. Great Synaxaristes Ἐγκαίνια τοῦ ναοῦ τῆς Ἁγίας Εὐφημίας ἐν Δεξιοκρατιαναῖς. 30 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.