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October 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
October 30 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective October 30 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.
Saints
Apostle Cleopas of the Seventy, brother of Righteous Joseph the Betrothed (1st century)
Apostles Tertius (Terence), Mark, Justus, and Artemas, of the Seventy Disciples (1st century)
Hieromartyr Marcian, Bishop of Syracuse (2nd century) (see also: February 9)
Virgin-martyr Apollonia of Alexandria the deaconess (parthénos presbytis), and those with her in Alexandria (249) (see also: February 9)
Martyrs Alexander, Cronion, Julian, Macarius, and 13 companions, at Alexandria (250)
Martyr Eutropia of Alexandria (250)
Hieromartyr Zenobius, Bishop of Aegae in Cilicia, and his sister Zenobia (285)
Martyrs Claudius, Asterius, Neon and Neonilla, siblings, of Laranda in Cilicia, by beheading (c. 288) (see also: October 29)
Martyr Manuel (Emmanuel).
Martyr Dometios of Phrygia, by the sword. (see also: March 23)
Martyr Demios, the former executioner. (see also: March 25)
Holy Nine Martyrs.
Saint Asterius, Metropolitan of Amasea (before 431)
Venerable Therapon, Ascetic and Wonderworker of Lythrodontas, Cyprus (c. 7th century)
Pre-Schism Western saints
Saint Marcellus of Tangier, a Roman centurion in Tangier in North Africa (298)
Saints Claudius, Lupercus and Victorius, three brothers, sons of the centurion St Marcellus of Tangier, martyred in Léon in Spain under Diocletian (c. 300)
Saint Saturninus of Cagliari, a martyr in Cagliari in Sardinia under Diocletian, beheaded during a pagan festival of Jupiter (303)
Saint Theonestus, by tradition Bishop of Philippi, later martyred in Altino in Italy (425)
Martyrs of North-West Africa.
Saint Arilda of Oldbury, virgin-martyr in Gloucestershire, England (c. 5th century)
Saint Eutropia, a holy woman who lived in Auvergne in France (5th century)
Saint Lucanus, a martyr in Lagny in France, where his relics were enshrined (5th century)
Saint Germanus of Capua, Bishop of Capua and a friend of St Benedict (c. 545)
Saint Talarican, probably Pictish, St Talarican was a bishop in Scotland and several churches were dedicated to him (8th century)
Saint Herbert (Haberne, Herbern), Abbot of Marmoutier and later Archbishop of Tours in France (916)
Saint Ethelnoth, called 'the Good' and famed for his wisdom, was a monk at Glastonbury, became thirty-second Archbishop of Canterbury (1038)
Saint Nanterius (Nantier, Nantère), Abbot of Saint Mihiel Abbey in Lorraine in France (1044)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
Saint Joseph I Galesiotes, Patriarch of Constantinople (1283)
Saint Stephen Milutin, King of Serbia (1320), his brother St. Dragutin (monk Theoctistus) (1316), and their mother St. Helen (1306)
Martyr Iotam Zedgenidze, near Lake Paravani, Georgia (1465)
New martyrs and confessors
New Hieromartyr Nicanor (Kudriavtsev) bishop of Bogoroditsk (1923)
New Hieromartyr Eugene (Zernov), Metropolitan of Gorkovsky (Nizhni Novgorod) (1935)
New Hieromartyr Leonid Vinogradov, Priest (1941)
New Hieromartyr Matthew Kazarin, Protodeacon of Alma Ata (1942)
New Hiero-confessor Varnava Nastić of Bosnia, Bishop of Hvosno (1964)
Other commemorations
Finding of the relics of Great-martyr Stephen-Urosh III of Decani, Serbia (1338)
Icon of the Mother of God of Ozeryanka (16th century)
Uncovering of the relics of St. Agafangel (Preobrazhensky), Metropolitan of Yaroslavl, Confessor of the Faith (1998)
Uncovering of the relics (2009) of St. Eutropia (Isayenkova) of Kherson (1968)
Repose of Archimandrite Boris (Kholchev) of Tashkent (1971)