Saturday, June 29th today, and the Saints Peter and Paul the First and Glorious Apostles are honored by the Orthodox Church.
According to calendar Saint Cyril the Martyr is also honored, while the Synagogue of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kasperov celebrates.
The Apostles Peter and Paul
O Peter he came from Bethsaida in Galilee and was the son of Jonah and brother of the apostle Andrew Protoclitus. Pedro and André were fishermen on Lake Genesaré. When Jesus arrived at the lake of Gennesaret, he found the two brothers casting the nets. Immediately after the call, they left their hammocks and families and followed him.
O Paul born Saul was an apostle and author of about half of the books of the New Testament. He was one of the most important figures in early Christianity, a defender of the universality of Jesus’ teachings. For this reason he received the name “Apostle to the nations”.
Read more about the lives of the great Apostles of the Church, Peter and Paul.
The icon of Panagia Kasperov
The sacred icon of the Virgin of Kasperov comes, according to tradition, from Transylvania and appeared to a Serbian monk in Kherson around the end of the 16th century AD. During the Crimean War (1853 – 1856), the icon was consecrated in Odessa.
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Today is their name day:
- Petros, Petris, Petra, Petrina, Petroula, Petria
- Pavlos, Paulina, Polina