OCHRID
Saints

Holy Ruler

Saint Peter, King of Bulgaria

January 30 Old CalendarFebruary 12 New Calendar

Read January 30 in the Prologue

Life

Peter was the son of Simeon, a great venerator of Saint John of Rila. He made the Bulgarian Church independent from Constantinople and preserved Orthodoxy in Bulgaria from the Bogomils. After an unsuccessful war with the Hungarians and Russians he died in the year 976 in the fifty-sixth year of his life.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, January 30. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Also commemorated on January 30

Three Holy Hierarchs CommemorationHieromartyr Hippolytus, Bishop of Rome MartyrHoly Martyr Theophilus the New Martyr

The full reading for January 30 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

Open January 30 in the reader