September 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Hieromartyr Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Enlightener of Greater Armenia (c. 335) • Martyrs Rhipsima and Gaiana with 35 Virgin-Martyrs, in Armenia (early 4th century) • Holy seventy (70) martyrs, with St. Rhipsima (4th century) • Holy 1000 martyrs, by the sword. • Martyr Stratonicus, by the sword. • Martyr Mardonius, by burning out his eyes. ==Pre-Schism Western saints==

• Martyr Sophia, mother of the virgin-martyrs Faith, Hope and Charity, at Rome (c. 173) (see also: September 17 - East) • Martyrs Victor and Ursus, two soldiers connected with the Theban Legion and venerated in Soleure in Switzerland (286) (see also: June 15 - East) • Saint Midan (Nidan), a saint on Anglesey in Wales (c. 610) • Saint Enghenedl, a church in Anglesey in Wales was dedicated to him (7th century) • 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) • Martyr-hermits Tancred, Torthred, and Tova, three Anglo-Saxon siblings of Thorney. ==Post-Schism Orthodox saints==

• Saint Michael, Great Prince of Tver (1318) • Saint Meletius I Pegas, Patriarch of Alexandria (1601) • New Hiero-confessor Seraphim (Zagorovsky), Hieromonk, of Kharkov (1943) (see also: May 19 - Synaxis of the New Hieromartyrs of Sloboda, Ukraine) ==Other commemorations==

• Translation of the relics (c. 1103) of St. Michael (992), First Metropolitan of Kiev. ==Icon gallery==

File:Gregory Illuminator.JPG|Hieromartyr Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Enlightener of Greater Armenia. File:Menologion of Basil 038.jpg|Hieromartyr Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Enlightener of Greater Armenia. File:Tombstone of Saint Hripsime.jpg|Tombstone of St. Rhipsima. File:Hripsime and Gaiane (Menologion of Basil II).jpg|Martyrs Rhipsima and Gaiana. File:Sophia the Martyr.jpg|St. Sophia the Martyr. File:Saint Jerome Writing-Caravaggio (1605-6).jpg|Saint Jerome Writing. File:Абраз "Св. Міхаіл Цвярскі".JPG|Saint Michael, Great Prince of Tver. File:Grigory Pelshemsky and Arseny Komelsky.jpg|Venerable Gregory, founder of Pelshma Monastery in Vologda. File:Mikhail, metropolitan of Kiev by M. Dikarev (Hermitage).jpg|Michael, First Metropolitan of Kiev. ==Notes==