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July 29 Events Pre-1600 * 587 BC – The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple. * 615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque Palenque (; Yucatec Maya language, Yucatec Maya: ), also anciently known in the ...
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July 31 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...
All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on ''August 12'' by
Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek language, Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Easte ...
. For July 30th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''
July 17 Events Pre-1600 * 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. * 1048 – Damas ...
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Saints

* '' Apostles of the Seventy
Silas Silas or Silvanus (; Greek: Σίλας/Σιλουανός; fl. 1st century AD) was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who according to the New Testament accompanied Paul the Apostle on his second missionary journey. Name and et ...
and Silvanus, and with them Apostles
Crescens Crescens was an individual who appears in the New Testament. He is traditionally considered one of the 72 disciples sent out by Jesus in Luke 10. He was a missionary in Galatia and became a companion of Paul. The name 'Crescens' is the presen ...
, Epenetus, and Andronicus'' (1st century)July 30/August 12
Orthodox Calendar (provoslavie.ru).
Συναξαριστής.
30 Ιουλίου
'' ecclesia.gr. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).


'' The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts.
* Martyrs under Decius (c. 251):August 12 / July 30
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (a parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
:* Hieromartyr Polychronius, Bishop of
Babylon ''Bābili(m)'' * sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 * arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel'' * syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel'' * grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn'' * he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel'' * peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru'' * elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...
in Egypt; :* Hieromartyrs Parmenius, Helimenas (''Elimas''), and Chrysotelus, Priests; :* Luke and Mocius, Deacons; :* Martyrs Maximus and Olympius. * Martyrs
Abdon and Sennen Saints Abdon and Sennen, variously written in early calendars and martyrologies Abdo, Abdus, and Sennes, Sennis, Zennen, are recognized by the Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest ...
, princes of Persia, at Rome (251)July 30
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
* Hieromartyr Valentine, Bishop of Interamna (
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) in Italy, and his martyred disciples Proculus, Ephebus, Apollonius, and Abundius (c. 273) (''see also:
February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
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July 6 Events Pre-1600 * 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility. * 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt ...
'')
* ''Martyr John the Soldier, at Tralles in Asia Minor'' (361-363) ''(see also:
July 29 Events Pre-1600 * 587 BC – The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple. * 615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque Palenque (; Yucatec Maya language, Yucatec Maya: ), also anciently known in the ...
)''
* Martyr Julitta of
Caesarea in Cappadocia Kayseri (; el, Καισάρεια) is a large industrialised city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri province. The Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality area is composed of five districts: the two central districts of Kocasinan ...
(4th century)


Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint
Rufinus of Assisi According to legend, Rufinus of Assisi (Italian ''Rufino''), was the first bishop of this city and a martyr. Sources concerning the life of Saint Rufino are a sermon of eleventh century Peter Damian, (''Miracula Sancti Rufini Martyris''), and a ...
, a martyr in one of the early persecutions in Assisi in Italy. * Saints Maxima, Donatilla and Secunda, three holy virgins (Secunda was aged twelve), martyred in
Tebourba Tebourba ( aeb, طبربة ') is a town in Tunisia, located about 20 miles (30 km) from the capital Tunis, former ancient city (Thuburbo Minus) and bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see. Thuburbo Minus Historically Thuburbo Minus wa ...
in North Africa under Diocletian (304) * Saint
Peter Chrysologus Peter Chrysologus ( el, Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Χρυσολόγος, ''Petros Chrysologos'', "Peter the Golden-worded"; c. 380 – c. 450) was Bishop of Ravenna from about 433 until his death. He is known as the “Doctor of Homilies” for ...
,
Archbishop of Ravenna This page is a list of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops of Ravenna and, from 1985, of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.Ursus of Auxerre Saint Ursus (Ours) of Auxerre (died 508 AD) was bishop of that city in the 6th century. He had been a hermit at the church of Saint Amator Amator Amadour or Amatre was bishop of Auxerre from 388 until his death on 1 May 418 and venerated a ...
, a hermit at the church of St Amator in Auxerre in France, who was made bishop of that city when he was aged seventy-five (508) * Saint Ermengyth, a sister of St Ermenburgh, she lived as a nun at
Minster-in-Thanet Minster, also known as Minster-in-Thanet, is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. It is the site of Minster in Thanet Priory. The village is west of Ramsgate (which is the post town) and to the north east of Cant ...
in England (c. 680)Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 368-371.
* Saint
Tatwine Tatwine ( – 30 July 734) was the tenth Archbishop of Canterbury from 731 to 734. Prior to becoming archbishop, he was a monk and abbot of a Benedictine monastery. Besides his ecclesiastical career, Tatwine was a writer, and riddles he compos ...
, the tenth
Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
(734) * Martyr-King Olaf II Haraldsson, Enlightener of Norway (1030)


Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Stephen Vladislav of Serbia (1243) (''see also:
September 24 Events Pre-1600 *787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia. *1568 – Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near ...
'')
* Prince
Tsotne Dadiani Tsotne Dadiani ( ka, ცოტნე დადიანი) (died ) was a Georgian nobleman of the House of Dadiani and one of the leading political figures in the time of Mongol ascendancy in Georgia. Around 1246, he was part of a failed plot aim ...
the Confessor, of Mingrelia, Georgia (13th century) * Saint Angelina (Brancovic), Despotina of Serbia (c. 1520)


New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr John Plotnikov, Deacon (1918) * New Hiero-confessor Anatole II (Potapov) "the Younger", Elder of
Optina Monastery The Optina Pustyn (russian: Óптина пýстынь, literally ''Opta's hermitage'') is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk in Russia. In the 19th century, the Optina was the most important spiritual centre of the Russian Ortho ...
(1922)


Other commemorations

* Uncovering of the
relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...
s (1484) of Venerable Herman of Solovki (1479) * ''Synaxis of the Saints of
Samara Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...
.'' * ''Synaxis of the Saints of
Aegina Aegina (; el, Αίγινα, ''Aígina'' ; grc, Αἴγῑνα) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina (mythology), Aegina, the mother of the hero Aeacus, who was born ...
.'' *
Sitka russian: Ситка , native_name_lang = tli , settlement_type = Consolidated city-borough , image_skyline = File:Sitka 84 Elev 135.jpg , image_caption = Downtown Sitka in 1984 , image_size ...
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. (''see also:
July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...
'')
* Icon of the Mother of God of Okonsk.
Icon of the Mother of God of Okonsk
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.


Icon gallery

Silas, apostle.jpg,
Apostle An apostle (), in its literal sense, is an emissary, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (''apóstolos''), literally "one who is sent off", from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (''apostéllein''), "to send off". The purpose of such sending ...
Silas Silas or Silvanus (; Greek: Σίλας/Σιλουανός; fl. 1st century AD) was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who according to the New Testament accompanied Paul the Apostle on his second missionary journey. Name and et ...
. Silvanus-Crescens-Silas.jpg, Apostles Silvanus,
Crescens Crescens was an individual who appears in the New Testament. He is traditionally considered one of the 72 disciples sent out by Jesus in Luke 10. He was a missionary in Galatia and became a companion of Paul. The name 'Crescens' is the presen ...
and Silas. Saint Epenet.jpg, Apsotle
Epenetus of Carthage Epenetus or Epaentus ( el, Ἐπαινετός) is a saint in the Greek Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, considered one of the seventy disciples and may have been the first Bishop of Carthage or Cartagena. In the 16th chapter of St. Pau ...
. Andronicus, Athanasius of Christianoupolis and Junia.jpg, Apostle
Andronicus of Pannonia Andronicus of Pannonia ( el, Ἀνδρόνικος) was a 1st-century Christian mentioned by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans (chapter 16): According to that verse, Andronicus was a kinsman of Paul and a fellow prisoner at some ti ...
, with Athanasius of Christianoupolis and Junia. John the warrior1.jpg, St.
John the Warrior John the Warrior ( gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ στρατιώτης, russian: Иоанн Воин, ''Ioann Voin'') or John the Soldier in the Catholic Church is a Christian saint and martyr. He was born in the 4th century and lived until his death in ...
. Fresco of Stefan Vladislav, Mileševa, edited.jpg, St. Stephen Vladislav of Serbia. Trondhjem 1030 - 1930 - Forside (25646924867).jpg, Martyr-King Olaf II Haraldsson, Enlightener of Norway. Tsotne Dadiani (23).jpg, St.
Tsotne Dadiani Tsotne Dadiani ( ka, ცოტნე დადიანი) (died ) was a Georgian nobleman of the House of Dadiani and one of the leading political figures in the time of Mongol ascendancy in Georgia. Around 1246, he was part of a failed plot aim ...
the Confessor. Krušedol monastery 49.JPG, St. Angelina (Brancovic), Despotina of Serbia. Anatolius of Optina.jpg, New Hiero-confessor Anatole II (Potapov) "the Younger", Elder of
Optina Monastery The Optina Pustyn (russian: Óптина пýстынь, literally ''Opta's hermitage'') is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk in Russia. In the 19th century, the Optina was the most important spiritual centre of the Russian Ortho ...
. Gherman Solovetski.jpg, Venerable Herman of Solovki. The Sitka Mother of God Ikon (3581854487).jpg,
Sitka russian: Ситка , native_name_lang = tli , settlement_type = Consolidated city-borough , image_skyline = File:Sitka 84 Elev 135.jpg , image_caption = Downtown Sitka in 1984 , image_size ...
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.


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References


Sources


July 30/August 12
Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
August 12 / July 30
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (a parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
July 30
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. *

'' The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts. * 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. 56. *

'' Orthodoxy in China.

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 James Cardinal Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was a senior-ranking American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina from 1868 to 1872, Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as ninth ...
. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 226. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 368–371.


Greek Sources

* Great Synaxaristes:
30 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
30 Ιουλίου
'' ecclesia.gr. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
30/07/
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.


Russian Sources

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Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
30 июля по старому стилю / 12 августа по новому стилю
СПЖ "Союз православных журналистов". . {{DEFAULTSORT:July 30 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) July in the Eastern Orthodox calendar