September 29 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 1

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 13 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

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

Saints

• Hieromartyr Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Enlightener of Greater Armenia (c. 335)^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
• Martyrs Rhipsima^[6] and Gaiana with 35 Virgin-Martyrs,^[7][8] in Armenia (early 4th century)^[1][2][9]
• Holy seventy (70) martyrs, with St. Rhipsima (4th century)^[10][11]
• Holy 1000 martyrs, by the sword.^[10][12]
• Martyr Stratonicus, by the sword.^{[2][10][13][14]}
• Martyr Mardonius, by burning out his eyes.^{[2][10][14][15][note 2]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Sophia, mother of the virgin-martyrs Faith, Hope and Charity, at Rome (c. 173)^{[16][17][note 3]} (see also: September 17 - East)
• Martyrs Victor and Ursus, two soldiers connected with the Theban Legion and venerated in Soleure in Switzerland (286)^{[16][note 4][note 5]}
• Saint Antoninus, a soldier of the Theban Legion, martyred on the banks of the Trebbia near Piacenza in Italy (3rd century)^{[16][17][note 6]}
• Saint Leopardus, a servant or slave in the household of Julian the Apostate, likely martyred in Rome (362)^{[16][note 7]}
• Blessed Jerome (Hieronymus) of Stridonium (420)^{[1][16][19][note 8][note 9]} (see also: June 15 - East)
• Saint Midan (Nidan), a saint on Anglesey in Wales (c. 610)^[16]
• Saint Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor (653)^{[1][10][14][16][17][20][21][note 10][note 11]}
• Saint Enghenedl, a church in Anglesey in Wales was dedicated to him (7th century)^[16]
• Saint Laurus (Lery), born in Wales, he went to Brittany and founded the monastery later called after him, Saint-Léry, on the River Doneff (7th century)^[16]
• Martyr-hermits Tancred, Torthred, and Tova, three Anglo-Saxon siblings of Thorney.^{[14][16][note 12]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Michael, Great Prince of Tver (1318)^[1][14]
• Venerable Gregory, founder of Pelshma Monastery in Vologda, Wonderworker (1442)^{[1][2][7][10][14][23][24][note 13]}
• Saint Meletius I Pegas, Patriarch of Alexandria (1601)^{[1][14][note 14]} (see also: September 13 - Greek)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Prokopius Popov, Priest (1918)^[7][14]
• New Hieromartyrs (1937):

• Peter Solovyov, Viacheslav (Wenceslaus) Zankov, Peter Pushkinsky, Symeon Lileev, Basil Guriev, Alexander Orlov, Priests;^[7][14]
• Seraphim Vasilenko, Deacon;^[7][14]
• Virgin-martyr Alexandra (Chervyakova), Schemanun, of Moscow (1937)^[1][7][14]
• Martyrs Alexis Serebrennikov and Matthew Solovyov;^[7][14]
• Virgin-martyr Apollinaria Tupitsyna.^[7][14]

• New Hieromartyr Leonidas Prendkovich, Priest (1938)^[14][26]
• New Hiero-confessor Seraphim (Zagorovsky), Hieromonk, of Kharkov (1943)^{[1][14][26][note 15]}

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (c. 1103) of St. Michael (992), First Metropolitan of Kiev.^{[1][2][7][14][27][28]}

Icon gallery

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  Hieromartyr Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Enlightener of Greater Armenia.
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  Hieromartyr Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Enlightener of Greater Armenia.
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  Tombstone of St. Rhipsima.
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  Martyrs Rhipsima and Gaiana.
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  St. Sophia the Martyr.
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  Saint Jerome Writing.
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  Saint Michael, Great Prince of Tver.
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  Venerable Gregory, founder of Pelshma Monastery in Vologda.
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  Michael, First Metropolitan of Kiev.