The Feast of the Holy Glorious and Chiefs of the Apostles Peter and Paul at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem

On Friday, June 29/July 12, 2024, the Feast of the Glorious and Chiefs of the Apostles Peter and Paul was celebrated by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

On this Feast, the Church especially remembers these two holy Apostles, Peter, brother of Andrew the first-called, following Christ from Tiberias, confessing Him “as the Son of God”, denying Him, being accepted again through repentance, preaching Him, writing two Catholic epistles of the New Testament and martyred in Rome through a cross in AD 66.

The Church also remembers the Apostle Paul as a persecutor of Christ and His Church, as one who was called by a vision and became a chosen vessel, preaching Christ above all things, as is witnessed in the Acts of the Apostles and in his fourteen epistles and having testified during the reign of Nestor in Rome and was beheaded.

This Feast was solemnly celebrated in the Holy Monastery dedicated to them on the western shore of the Sea of ​​Tiberias and in the location of the ancient city of Capernaum with a solemn Divine Liturgy, presided over by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, along with their Eminences, Metropolitan Kyriakos of Nazareth and the Archbishops  Aristarchos of Constantina, Makarios of Qatar, Hieromonks and Presbyters of this region of upper Galilee, Archimandrite Meletios, Archdeacon Markos and Hierodeacon Dositheos. The chanting was delivered by the Russian-speaking choir of the county of Beer-Sheba under the guidance of His Eminence Archbishop Aristovoulos of Madaba on the right, and the Acre Choir on the left, as the service was attended by Russian and Arabic-speaking faithful of northern Israel, visitors from Jerusalem and other towns and pilgrims.

Before the Holy Communion, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III proclaimed the divine word through the following sermon in Greek as follows:

“Lord, Thou shinest wondrously from the everlasting mountains” (Ps. 75,4), the psalmist proclaims.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Reverend Christians and pilgrims

The grace of the Holy Spirit, Who has established the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul has gathered us all in this Biblical place of Capernaum to solemnly celebrate their holy commemoration…

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This news was originally published on the website of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Please click here to read the full text.