Friday, October 30, 2026
Saints of the Day
Hieromartyr Zenobios and his sister Zenobia, of Aegæ in Cilicia
The Hieromartyr Zenobius, Bishop of Aegea, and his sister Zenobia suffered a martyr’s death in the year 285 in Cilicia. From childhood they were raised in the holy Christian Faith by their parents, and they led pious and chaste lives.
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Apostle Tertius of the Seventy
Saint Tertius was the second bishop (after Saint Sosipater) in Iconium, where he converted many pagans to Christ, and ended his life as a martyr. The Apostle Paul mentions him in the Epistle to the Romans (Rom. :).
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Apostle Mark of the Seventy
Saint Mark, also called John, (Acts :), was a nephew of Saint Barnabas, and was Bishop of Apollonia (Col. :). It was in the house of his mother Maria that the persecuted disciples found shelter after the Ascension of the Lord.
Read more →Apostle Justus of the Seventy
Saint Justus, called Barsaba, a son of Saint Joseph the Betrothed, was chosen with Matthias to replace Judas. He was a bishop and died a martyr’s death at Eleutheropolis.
Read more →Apostle Artemas of the Seventy
Saint Artemas was bishop of Lystra, Lycia. He died in peace.
Read more →Hieromartyr Marcian, Bishop of Syracuse
The Holy Hieromartyr Marcian, Bishop of Syracuse, a disciple of the Apostle Peter, was sent to Sicily. Here he settled in a cave near the city of Syracuse and successfully spread the faith in Christ. He died a martyr.
Read more →Martyr Eutropia of Alexandria
The Martyr Eutropia suffered for Christ in Alexandria in about the year 250. Often visiting Christians locked up in prison, she encouraged them to endure suffering with patience. For this, the saint was arrested.
Read more →Martyr Anastasia of Thessalonica
Saint Anastasia lived in the second half of the third century during the persecutions of Decius, Gallus, Valerian, and Diocletian. She was executed in Rome between 256-259 after enduring many tortures.
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Saint Stephen Milutin of Serbia
Saint Stephen was the younger son of King Stephen Urosh I, and grandson of First-Crowned King Saint Stephen ( ). He ruled Serbia from 1275 to 1320.
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Venerable Dragutin (Theoctistus in Monasticism) of Serbia
Saint Dragutin was the brother of Saint Stephen Milutin, the son of King Stephen Urosh I, and the grandson of First-Crowned King Saint Stephen ( ). Dragutin, a true Christian, after a short reign, abdicated in favor of his brother Stephen.
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Saint Helen of Serbia
Saint Helen, a pious mother to her sons Stephen Milutin and Dragutin, devoted her whole life to pious deeds after the death of her husband. She built a shelter for the poor, and a monastery for those who wished to live in purity and virginity.
Read more →Ozeryana Icon of the Mother of God
Not far from Kharkov, in the Transfiguration Kuryazh Monastery, the wonderworking Ozeryana Icon of the Mother of God was kept.
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Saint Jotham Zedgenidze
In 1446 George VIII was crowned ruler of a united Georgian kingdom. Filled with every virtue, the valiant warrior and God-fearing king dedicated the twenty years of his reign to a ceaseless struggle for the reunification of his country.
Read more →Fasting & Readings
Strict Fast: Refrain from meat, fish, oil, wine, dairy, and eggs.
Colossians 4.10-18
Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;) And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me. Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
Luke 11.23-26
He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
Content sourced from the Orthodox Church in America (saints) and OrthoCal (fasting and readings - KJV).