May 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 31
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 12 by Old Calendarists
May 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 30All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 11 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre *Repose of blessed John of Ustiug, Fool-for-Christ...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 31
May 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 1All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 13 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Hermes of Philippopolis, of the Seventy Apostles *Martyr Hermias of Comana...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 12 by Old Calendarists
Old Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...
Saints
- Venerable Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
(383383Year 383 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Merobaudes and Saturninus...
) - Saint Macrina the Elder, grandmother of Saint Basil the Great (340340Year 340 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Acindynus and Valerius...
) - Saint James of Galich Monastery, monkMonkA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
- MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
s Natalius, Romanus, Meletius, and Euplius - Blessed Constantine XIConstantine XIConstantine XI Palaiologos, latinized as Palaeologus , Kōnstantinos XI Dragasēs Palaiologos; February 8, 1404 – May 29, 1453) was the last reigning Byzantine Emperor from 1449 to his death as member of the Palaiologos dynasty...
, last of the Byzantine Emperors, martyred by the TurksOttoman EmpireThe Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
(1453) - Martyr Barlaam of Caesarea in CappadociaCappadociaCappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevşehir Province.In the time of Herodotus, the Cappadocians were reported as occupying the whole region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine...
Other commemorations
- Repose of AbbotAbbotThe word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
Ephraim of Sarov (1778)