April 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Apr. 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 1
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 13 by Old Calendarists
Saints
- Holy Apostle James (44), the brother of St. John the Theologian[1][2]
- Martyr Sophia of Fermo (ca.250)[3][4]
- Martyrs Marianus, James and Companions, at Lambaesis, an ancient town in Numidia in North Africa (259)[3][4]
- Martyrs Eutropius and Estelle, of Saintes (Gaul) (3rd c.)[3][4][5]
- Martyr Maximus, at Ephesus, during the persecution of Decius.[3][6]
- Saint Quintian and Saint Atticus[7]
- Hieromartyr Aphrodisius, and thirty martyrs, at Alexandria.[3][8]
- Saint Donatus, Bishop of Euroea in Epirus (387)[3][9]
- Hieromartyr Laurence, at Novara, and some boys whom he was teaching (397)[3][4][10]
- Saint Pomponius of Naples, Bishop of Naples in Italy (508-536) and a strong opponent of Arianism (536)[4]
- Saint Desideratus of Gourdon, hermit (ca.569)[4]
- Saint Cynwl of Wales, Hermit, brother of Saint Deiniol and first Bishop of Bangor (6th c.)[4]
- Saint Erconwald, bishop of London (693)[3][4][11]
- Saint Swithbert the Younger, Bishop of Werden in Westphalia (807)[4]
- Martyrs Isidore, Elias and Paul of Cordoba, Spain, by the Moors (856)[12][note 1]
- Saint Clement the Hymnographer, abbot of the Studion (9th c.)[14]
- Saint Forannan, Abbot of Waulsort Abbey in Belgium (982)[4]
- Saint Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow (1511)[15]
- Schema-abbess Martha Protasieva, disciple of Saint Paisius Velichkovsky (1813)[5]
- Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov, bishop of the Caucasus and Stavropol (1867)[16]
Other Commemorations
Notes
- ^ Referred to as "Amator, Peter and Louis" (+855) in Western sources.[3][4][13]
References
Sources
Greek Sources