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August 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar day

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August 29 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 31

All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 12 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 30th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 17.

Afterfeast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist.

Hieromartyr Philonidis (Philoneidis) of Cyprus (3rd century). (see also: June 17)

6 Martyrs of Melitene, by drowning.

16 Monk-martyrs of Thebes, by the sword.

Saint Bryaene of Nisibis (318)

Saints Alexander (340), John VIII of Constantinople (595), and Paul the New (784), Archbishops of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarchs.

The Venerable Guardian (Grk.: Ὁ Ὅσιος Φύλαξ).

Venerable Sarmata of "The Paradise", ascetic of the desert, Egypt (c. 362)

Saint Eulalius, Bishop of Cyprus (4th century)

Saint Christopher of Palestine (Christopher the Roman, in Palestine) (6th century)

Saints Boniface and Thecla, parents of the Twelve Brothers commemorated on September 1 (c. 250)

Hieromartyr Felix, and Martyrs Fortunatus, Septiminus and Januarius, by beheading (c. 304)

Saint Pammachius, a Roman senator, married to one of the daughters of St Paula (c. 340-410)

Saint Loarn, a disciple of St Patrick of Ireland (5th century)

Saint Rumon, a bishop and patron-saint of Tavistock in England (6th century)

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