June 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
# June 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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:

   * 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) (see also: June 29)
* Saint Phygellus, Bishop of Ephesus, of the Seventy Apostles.
* Martyr Basilides the Soldier, at Alexandria (202) (see also: June 28)
* Martyr Meliton, by the sword.
* Martyr Peter of Sinope, dragged to death.
* Saint Dinara, Queen of Khereti, Georgia (10th century)

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

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint George of the Holy Mountain and Georgia (1065) (see also: June 27 )
* Saint Andrew, Prince of Bogolubovo (1174)
* Saint Peter, Prince of the Tatar Horde, Wonderworker of Rostov (1290)
* Saint Gelasius of Rimet in Transylvania (14th century)
* Saint Parasceve of Kevrolsk (near Arkhangelsk), sister of Artemius of Verkola (16th century)
* Saint Stephen of Omsk (1877)

### New martyrs and confessors

* New Martyr Michael Paknanas the Gardener, of Athens (1770)
* New Hieromartyr Timothy Petropavlovsk, Priest (1918)
* New Hieromartyr Nicandor (Prusak), Hieromonk of Tolga Monastery, Yaroslavl (1918)
* New Hieromartyr Theogenes (Kozyrev), Archimandrite, of Chimkent, Kazakhstan (1939)
* New Hieromartyr Milan Popovic, Priest, of Rmanj Monastery, by the Ustashas (1941)
* New Martyr Alexander (Schmorell) of Munich (1943)
* New Martyr John Demidov (1944)

## Other commemorations

* Icon of the Mother of God of Balikin (1711)
* Icon of the Mother of God of Gorbanevsk (1786)
* Repose of Bishop Nestor (Zass) of the Aleutians and Alaska (1882)
* Commemoration of the Slaughtered Christians at Diyarbekir of Asia Minor under the Turks and Kurds (1895)
* Glorification (1918) of Saint Sophronius, Bishop of Irkutsk (1771)
* Repose of Archimandrite Gervasios (Paraskevopoulos) of Patras (1964)

## 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.
