Daily Calendar - May 30

The 150th day of the year, 215 days left until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Apostle Andronicus and Saint Junias (I); Martyrs: Solokon, Pampham and Pamphalon soldiers (284-305); Stephen, Patriarch of Constantinople (893).

Of the 70, the Holy Apostle Andronicus and his assistant in the apostolic work, Saint Junia, were relatives of the Apostle Paul. They worked hard in preaching the Gospel among the Gentiles, which the Apostle Paul also notes in his Epistle to the Romans: “Send greetings to Andronicus and John, my kinsmen and fellow workers, who are among the apostles who were in Christ before me.” Saint Andronicus was ordained bishop of Pannonia, but his and Saint Junia's preaching went far beyond his diocese and reached other countries.

In the 5th century, during the reign of Emperors Arcadius and Honorius, the holy relics of these saints were discovered in the suburbs of Constantinople near the Eugenia Gate, along with the holy relics of other martyrs. Then the Lord appeared to the God-fearing Nicholas the Calligrapher and told him that among the other 17 martyrs there were also the holy relics of the Apostle Andronicus. Later, a magnificent church was built on that site.

Saint Father Stephen, Patriarch of Constantinople, was the younger son of Emperor Basil of Macedon and the half-brother of Emperor Leo the Wise. He received the priesthood during the reign of Patriarch Photius. When Patriarch Photius was forced to leave the patriarchal chair in 886, Saint Stephen was appointed patriarch. The high priest vigilantly guarded his spiritual flock. He was a merciful and compassionate person, caring for widows and orphans. He himself was distinguished by his holy life and extreme asceticism. High Priest Stephen died peacefully in 893. He is buried in the Sikelia Monastery.

Born:

1782 — Mikhail Vorontsov, General-Field Marshal, in 1844-1854, Crown Prince of the Caucasus. He enjoyed the sympathy of the Georgian nobility. Died in 1856.

1846 — Carl Peter Faberge, famous jeweler. Died in 1920.

1914 — Vakhtang Beridze, prominent art critic, historian, academician. Died in 2000.

1934 — Alexei Leonov, Soviet pilot-cosmonaut, he was the first person in the world to go into open space (1965).

1936 — Slava Metreveli, famous football player. Died in 1998.

1952 — Lekso Toradze, pianist. Died in 2022.

Died:

1431 — Joan of Arc, French national heroine, executed by the English.

1593 — Christopher Marlowe, English playwright, predecessor of Shakespeare.

1640 — Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter.

1778 — Marie-François Voltaire, French writer and philosopher.

1960 — Boris Pasternak, poet, Nobel Prize laureate.

Events:

1814 — The countries of the anti-Napoleonic coalition signed peace negotiations with France in Paris.

1846 — A public library was established in Tbilisi, today's National Library of the Parliament.

1896 — The first car accident occurred in New York, when a car collided with a bicycle.

1913 — After the First Balkan War, peace negotiations were signed in London between the states of the Balkan Union and Turkey.

1982 — Spain became the 16th member of NATO.

2015 - The third President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, was appointed Governor of the Odessa Region.

Commemorative:

USA - Memorial Day

Great Britain - Spring Break.

Fiji - Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day.

Croatia - Republic Day (1991).