Saints

• Holy Apostle James (44), the brother of St. John the Theologian
• Martyr Sophia of Fermo
  Fermo
  Fermo is a town and comune of the Marche, Italy, in the Province of Fermo.Fermo is located on a hill, the Sabulo with a fine view, on a branch from Porto San Giorgio on the Adriatic coast railway....
  
   (ca.250)
• Martyrs Marianus, James and Companions, at Lambaesis
  Lambaesis
  Lambaesis, or Lambaesa, is a Roman ruin in Algeria, southeast of Batna and west of Timgad, located next to the modern village of Tazoult.-Remains:...
  
  , an ancient town in Numidia in North Africa (259)
• Martyrs Eutropius
  Eutropius of Saintes
  Saint Eutropius of Saintes is venerated as the first bishop of Saintes, France. According to tradition, he was a Roman or a Persian of royal descent who was sent to evangelize Gaul either by Saint Clement in the 1st century or by Pope Fabian in the 250s as a companion of Saint Denis.He lived as a...
  
   and Estelle
  Saint Estelle
  Saint Estelle was a third century martyr in Gaul, daughter of an illustrious Roman and descended from a powerful family of Druids. She was attracted to the group of Eutropius of Saintes, who was the first bishop of the area, and asked to be baptized. When she refused to abjure, her father condemned...
  
  , of Saintes (Gaul) (3rd c.)
• Martyr Maximus, at Ephesus, during the persecution of Decius.
• Saint Quintian
  Quintian of Rome
  St. Quintian of Rome was a Roman confessor who suffered during the Decian persecution.-References:...
  
   and Saint Atticus
• Hieromartyr Aphrodisius, and thirty martyrs, at Alexandria.
• Saint Donatus
  Saint Donatus of Evorea
  Saint Donatus of Evorea was a Christian saint revered in Albania and Greece.Donatus was born in Butrint, in modern-day Albania, and lived during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I. According to the 5th-century Greek historian Sozomen, Saint Donatus was Bishop of Evorea, identifiable with...
  
  , Bishop of Euroea in Epirus
  Epirus
  The name Epirus, from the Greek "Ήπειρος" meaning continent may refer to:-Geographical:* Epirus - a historical and geographical region of the southwestern Balkans, straddling modern Greece and Albania...
  
   (387)
• Hieromartyr Laurence, at Novara
  Novara
  Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 105,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from Milan to Turin...
  
  , and some boys whom he was teaching (397)
• Saint Pomponius of Naples
  Pomponius of Naples
  Pomponius was Bishop of Naples, known for his opposition of Arianism. Theodoric the Great, ruled most of the Italian Peninsula, at the time at which Pomponius was the head of his see. Theodoric was known as an Arian, but Pomponius remained firm in his convictions.-References:...
  
  , Bishop of Naples in Italy (508-536) and a strong opponent of Arianism
  Arianism
  Arianism is the theological teaching attributed to Arius , a Christian presbyter from Alexandria, Egypt, concerning the relationship of the entities of the Trinity and the precise nature of the Son of God as being a subordinate entity to God the Father...
  
   (536)
• Saint Desideratus of Gourdon
  Gourdon, Saône-et-Loire
  Gourdon is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.-References:*...
  
  , hermit (ca.569)
• Saint Cynwl of Wales, Hermit, brother of Saint Deiniol and first Bishop of Bangor
  Bishop of Bangor
  The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor.The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and a small part of Montgomeryshire...
  
   (6th c.)
• Saint Erconwald, bishop of London (693)
• Saint Swithbert the Younger
  Suitbert the Younger
  Saint Suitbert, Suidbert, Suitbertus, or Swithbert, a holy abbot, who lived in a monastery near the River Dacre, Cumberland, England, about forty years later, and is mentioned by the Venerable Bede. His liturgical feast is on April 30...
  
  , Bishop of Werden in Westphalia (807)
• Martyrs Isidore, Elias and Paul of Cordoba, Spain, by the Moors (856)
• Saint Clement the Hymnographer, abbot of the Studion (9th c.)
• Saint Forannan, Abbot of Waulsort Abbey
  Waulsort Abbey
  Waulsort Abbey was a Benedictine monastery located at Waulsort now in Hastière in the province of Namur, Belgium.The monastery was founded in 946 by Scottish monks. Saint Maccallin and Saint Cathróe were the first two abbots. Saint Forannan was also subsequently abbot of Waulsort.The abbey was...
  
   in Belgium (982)
• Saint Simon
  Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow
  Simon was the Metropolitan of Moscow between 1495 and 1511.Simon was a hegumen at the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra. In 1495, he was elected Metropolitan of Moscow after the removal of Zosimus on charges of heresy. Simon soon won the respect of Ivan III...
  
  , Metropolitan of Moscow (1511)
• Schema-abbess Martha Protasieva, disciple of Saint Paisius Velichkovsky
  Paisius Velichkovsky
  Saint Paisius Velichkovsky or Wieliczkowski is the person who transmitted Eastern Orthodox staretsdom or the concept of spiritual guidance to the Slavic world.A Ukrainian by birth, Pyotr Velichkovsky was born in Poltava, where his father, Ivan, was a priest...
  
   (1813)
• Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov
  Ignatius Brianchaninov
  Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov is a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church. He was born Demetrius Alexandrovich Brianchaninov, to a wealthy landowning family. He was educated at Pioneer Military School in St. Petersburg. Although successful in his studies he was deeply dissatisfied with the lay life...
  
  , bishop of the Caucasus and Stavropol (1867)

Other Commemorations

• Uncovering of the relic
  Relic
  In religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...
  
  s of Saint Basil of Amasea
  Basil of Amasea
  Basil of Amasea was a fourth century Christian bishop and martyr.In St. Jerome's Latin version of the Chronicle of Eusebius the statement occurs under the 275th Olympiad that Basileus, Bishop of Amasea in Pontus, suffered martyrdom in the reign of Licinius...
  
  , bishop (322)
• Uncovering of the relics (1558) of Saint Nicetas of Novgorod
  Nicetas of Novgorod
  Nicetas was born in Kiev, Ukraine, he became a monk in the Monastery of the Caves, but then embraced the life of a hermit. According to custom, Nicetas was much plagued by demonic torments and returned to the monastery...
  
  , bishop (1108)
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
  Theotokos
  Theotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...
  
   "Of the Passion
  Passion (Christianity)
  The Passion is the Christian theological term used for the events and suffering – physical, spiritual, and mental – of Jesus in the hours before and including his trial and execution by crucifixion...
  
  " (1641)
• Uncovering of the relics (1725) of New martyr Argyra of Prussa (1721)
• Translation of the relics of Saint Sabbas of Zvenigorod Monastery

Sources

• April 30/May 13. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU)
• May 13, 2011 / April 30. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• April 30. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• April 30. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• April 30. The Roman Martyrology.

• 30 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.