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When is the feast of St's Peter and Paul? What precedes this feast, and when does the preparation for this commemoration begin?







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The Feast of the Holy apostles Peter and Paul is June 29th, according to the church calendar. This day falls on July 12th according to the civil calendar. The "Apostles Fast" precedes this great day, having begun on the Monday following the Sunday after Pentecost (the Sunday of All Saints). Therefore, our preparation, through fasting, is of a different length each year, since Pentecost is on a different date each year.



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How did Peter die? Who predicted this? How did Paul die? Where did they both meet their martyric ends?







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The blessed Apostles Peter and Paul were both martyred in Rome. Peter was crucified upside down, because he protested to his executioners that he was not worthy to be upright as his Lord was. Paul was beheaded.



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The Holy Apostles Peter's experiences with Christ, as recounted in the Gospels, are particularly vivid and instructive for us. Compare and contrast Peter's first reported encounter with Christ, and the last. Hint: they were both in the same area, while Peter was busy performing the same work, although Peter's reaction was very different.







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Some time during our Lord's forty days on earth after the resurrection, he appeared to seven of the disciples, who were fishing. This was an event similar to the time He called some of them to be his disciples, but with important differences, made possible by the passage of His three years of careful ministry to them. The first time the Lord told the apostles to "let down their nets" is chronicles in Luke 5:1-13. More than three years later, the risen Lord gives the same instruction, as St. John records (John 1:25, comprising the 10th and 11th matins resurrection gospels).




After the other disciples landed their boats, and Peter pulled the net full of great fishes to land in obedience to the Lord's command (for all that is done in the church is in obedience to Christ), the Lord invited them to "Come and dine". All the apostles knew it was the Lord, and were filled with unspeakable joy.

After the meal, Jesus asked Peter three times if he loved Him, and restored his faith fully. There is a deep mystery in this, which we will only understand if we live the Christian life, and experience forgiveness and knowledge, as did Peter.


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