August 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist.

Saints

• Hieromartyr Philonidis (Philoneidis) of Cyprus (3rd century). (see also: June 17)
• 6 Martyrs of Melitene, by drowning.
• 16 Monk-martyrs of Thebes, by the sword.
• Saint Bryaene of Nisibis (318)
• Saints Alexander (340), John VIII of Constantinople (595), and Paul the New (784), Archbishops of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarchs.
• The Venerable Guardian (Grk.: Ὁ Ὅσιος Φύλαξ).
• Venerable Sarmata of "The Paradise", ascetic of the desert, Egypt (c. 362)
• Saint Eulalius, Bishop of Cyprus (4th century)
• Saint Christopher of Palestine (Christopher the Roman, in Palestine) (6th century)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saints Boniface and Thecla, parents of the Twelve Brothers commemorated on September 1 (c. 250)
• Hieromartyr Felix,{{#tag:ref|Felix and Adauctus: Martyrs beheaded in Rome under Diocletian. St Felix was a priest and as he was being led to execution, a bystander confessed Christ and was martyred with him. Because this second martyr's name was not known, he was called Adauctus, i.e., the one added. They were buried on the Ostian Way.
• Saint Pammachius, a Roman senator, married to one of the daughters of St Paula (c. 340-410)
• Saint Loarn, a disciple of St Patrick of Ireland (5th century)
• Saint Rumon, a bishop and patron-saint of Tavistock in England (6th century) Romansleigh in Devon is named after him.|group=note}}
• Saint Agilus (Ail, Aile, Aisle, Ayeul) (c. 580-650)
• Saint Fiacrius (Fiacre, Fiaker, Fèvre), Irish hermit and hospice-founder at Breuil in Brie (c. 670)
• Saints Pelagius, Arsenius and Sylvanus, hermits near Burgos in Old Castile in Spain, martyred by the Saracens. (c. 950)
• Venerable Fantinus of Calabria, the Wonderworker, in Thessalonica (974)
• Saint Bononius, Abbot of Lucedio in Piedmont (1026)
• Saint Peter of Trevi, he preached to the peasants of Tivoli, Anagni and Subiaco (c. 1050)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Synaxis of Serbian Hierarchs:
  • Saints Sava I (1235), Arsenius (1266), Sava II (1271), Eustathius I (1285), James (1292), Nicodemus (1325), and Daniel II (1338), Archbishops;
  • Saints Ioannicius II (1354), Spyridon (1388), Ephraim II (1395), Cyril (1419), Nicon (c. 1439), Macarius (1574), and Gabriel I (1659), Patriarchs;
  • St. Gregory (1012), Bishop.
• Saint Alexander, Abbot of Vocha Monastery, near Galich (14th-15th century)
• Repose of St. Alexander, Abbot of Svir (1533)
• Saint Varlaam, Metropolitan of Moldavia (1657)|group=note}}
• Saint Ioannicius (Rudniev), Metropolitan of Kiev and Galich (1900) (see also: June 7)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Peter, Priest (1918)
• New Hieromartyr Paul, Priest and Virgin-martyr Elizaveta, and Martyr Theodore (1937)
• New Hieromartyr Ignatius (Lebedev), Schema-Archimandrite of the Vysokopetrovsky Monastery (St. Peter’s Monastery), Moscow (1938)
• New Hiero-confessor Peter Cheltsov, Archpriest, of Smolensk (1972)

Other commemorations

• Uncovering of the relics (1652) of St. Daniel, great prince of Moscow (1303)
• Translation of the relics (1724) of St. Alexander Nevsky (Alexis in schema), great prince of Novgorod (1263)
• Translation of the relics of St. Guthlac, Hieromonk of Crowland. (see also: April 11)

Icon gallery

File:Eglise Notre-Dame Bar-le-Duc Vitrail Saint Fiacre 30 04 2012.jpg|Saint Fiacrius. File:St Alexander Svirsky.jpg|18th century icon of Alexander Svirsky.

Notes

References

Sources

• September 12/August 30. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• September 12 / August 30. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• August 30. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• 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. 64.
• August 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. p. 263.

; Greek Sources

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

; Russian Sources

• 12 сентября (30 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 30 августа по старому стилю / 12 сентября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на год.

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13. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102427 St Fantinus of Calabria].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
14. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102428 Synaxis of the Serbian Hierarchs].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
15. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102437 St Spyridon the Patriarch].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
16. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102439 St Macarius the Patriarch].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
17. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102440 St Gabriel I the Patriarch].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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