July 12 - what a feast in Orthodoxy? The day of the apostles Peter and Paul

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In the Orthodox Church are almost no days that would not have been celebrating the memory of a Saint. But among others, some of them particularly stand out and are revered as great. A vivid example of this kind of celebration may be the day of the Holy apostles Peter and Paul whose memory the new style takes place on 12 July. What holiday can do without the corresponding legend? In this article we will talk just about that was the reasons that these two personalities have become so revered, and even in one day.

July 12, what a feast

Day of the Holy apostles

For the summer period in the Orthodox Church we have two multi-day post: the assumption – August & Petrovsky – June-July. It ends just in time for July 12 - St. Peter's day. That's because the memory of this Apostle completes me, is a time of retreat and fasting was called by the people Petrovsky. In the heart of the holiday, however, are the events, humanly tragic – the violent death of two people. But in the breaking of the Christian faith, the death of the righteous, adopted as truth, is only a transitional stage for him in the world of eternal life and infinite bliss. And because, at its core, it's still a happy event, which also grants Church of the intercessor and advocate in heaven. Thus, when two authoritative in the early Christian Church of the Apostle have accepted the death, their death is engraved in the legend as a great triumph. It is celebrated on 29 June, old style, on the new calendar falls on the 12th of July. Orthodox feast in this sense lags behind its Catholic counterpart in almost two weeks, as there adhere to the Gregorian calendar and celebrate the memory of the apostles on June 29. The same applies, in General, and most of the Orthodox jurisdictions that switched to the revised Julian calendar. Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, however, in not one of them. And continues to honor the memory of the apostles Peter and Paul according to the old calendar.

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July 12 Orthodox holiday

About the personalities of the apostles

Peter and Paul – personalities are very different, radically different in character and temperament. If you believe the Scriptures, when life between them there were skirmishes and quarrels over various issues. But on the pedestal of fame of the Church they were together. This was facilitated, as already mentioned, their authority among Christians. Another reason, according to the legend, is death to come one day. It happened, if not lying legends, in Rome, about the year 67, under Emperor Nero. A day etched in people's memory as the day of Peter and Paul. In fact, the apostles suffered at different times and on the specified day 258 of the year was the transfer of their remains. But the significance of this event disappeared from the traditions, and the day became associated with the total lump sum death.

Peter and Paul

St. Peter

Under the identity of the Apostle Peter is hiding Galilean fisherman, his parents named Simon. He was the older brother of the Apostle Andrew. Education had not, by nature was violent and jealous. But it is to him that Christ, according to the gospel, has entrusted the leadership of the community after his death. That's why he is revered not just as an Apostle, but as the chief Apostle in the day of 12 July. What a feast in honor of its significance can compare with this day? Probably no, if not to take into account the feasts dedicated to the mother of God.

The Apostle Paul

With regard to the person of the Apostle Paul, among his countrymen he was known as Saul. A native of the city of Tarsus, he came from a wealthy family and received an excellent education. Was raised in a strict Jewish spirit in the traditions of the party of the Pharisees, but because of horror distinguished by thoroughness and zeal in the Affairs concerning the Jewish law. Such education made him an implacable enemy of the newly formed sect known as Christians. Saul of Tarsus personally responsible for the broken lives of many of them, as officially was engaged in the capture and punishment passionate about this “heresy”. He had authority from the Jewish high priest, which was heading to Damascus one day, in order there to expose involved in the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth. However, as the story goes, by the way, he experienced a supernatural conversion, and then immediately baptized and he became an ardent preacher of Christianity. However, his jealousy, power and effectiveness of preaching was so impressive that it overshadowed the successes of all the other apostles. But because he also was awarded as the first-ranked Apostle Peter.

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Holiday History

As already mentioned, the apostles Paul and Peter are honored in the Church on 29 June (12 July). What holiday were instead at different times in different places, hard to say. We only know that this date is mentioned by several ancient Church calendars. For example, Roman (IV century), Carthage (V century), the martyrology of St. Jerome (IV century). About when and how the revered memory of these two pillars of faith in the future, we can only speculate. So, Peter arrived in Rome, according to many researchers, in ' 67and started to preach. Activation of the Christians ultimately led to the fact that they were attacked by the Imperial anger. Nero ordered the execution of the Apostle, which was made on 29 June (12 July). What a feast the Governor had arranged thereby to future generations of Christians, he probably had no idea. On the same day were executed, and the Apostle Paul. However, if Galilean peasant Peter was crucified on an inverted cross (which he asked himself, considering himself unworthy to die like Jesus), Paul, which had the status of a Roman citizen, to do so was impossible. So he was beheaded with a sword. About the same, when Paul came to Rome, do not known for certain. But there is a legend that indicates the place where the apostles took leave of each other before execution. She is on Otisco the road, today there stands a temple in memory of this event and in honor of these two apostles, celebrated by the Church on 29 June (12 July). Orthodox holiday in Russia is also associated with some people's signs, which we will discuss in conclusion.

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Signs on the day of the apostles Peter and Paul

The Existing signs on St. Peter's day (12 July) in Russia are related either to weather or to the agricultural cycle. For example, if the cuckoo ceases to sing in the week before the holiday, winter will come early. If the cuckoo continues long after the holiday, and the onset of winter weather have at a later time. In the event of rain on July 12, you have to wait for a large crop, but the hard hay.


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