Orthodox saints and name days on May 30

Name days on May 30

Isaak, Isaac, Emmelia, Emmeleia, Aimilia, Emilia, Emily, Emilie, Varlaam, Barlaam

Saints and feasts of May 30

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  Isaac the Syrian

  Venerable, Ισαάκ ο Σύρος

  St. Isaac the Syrian lived in the seventh century. A monk from his youth, he was consecrated Bishop of Nineveh, but after only a short time he laid aside the episcopate and withdrew into the desert, giving himself wholly to stillness, prayer, and the study of the Scriptures until blindness and old age overtook him.

  Name days: Isaak, Isaac

• Emmelia, Mother of Basil the Great

  Holy Woman, Εμμέλεια

  Emmelia was born in Cappadocia to a Christian family that had suffered in the persecutions and married Basil the Elder, a rhetorician. Of their ten children, four are numbered among the saints: Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste and Makrina the Younger.

  Name days: Emmelia, Emmeleia, Aimilia, Emilia, Emily, Emilie

• Barlaam the Venerable

  Venerable, Βαρλαάμ

  The synaxarion honors Venerable Barlaam on May 30, recording that he lived a life of asceticism and reposed in peace. He is distinct from the Martyr Barlaam of Antioch honored in November.

  Name days: Varlaam, Barlaam

• Natalios the Martyr

  Martyr, Νατάλιος

  The synaxarion honors the martyr Natalios on May 30, recording that he was put to death for Christ. Further details of his life are not preserved.

• Romanos, Teletios and Christina of Nicomedia

  Martyr, Ρωμανός, Τελέτιος και Χριστίνα

  Romanos, Teletios and Christina were Christians of Nicomedia who were put to death together with a great multitude of believers during the persecutions of the early fourth century.

• Euplos the Martyr

  Martyr, Εύπλος

  The synaxarion honors the martyr Euplos on May 30, recording that he was put to death for Christ. He is commemorated apart from the deacon Euplos of Catania honored in August.