July 12, 2023. The 504th day of war in Ukraine. The Last Supper icon surrounded by icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul above the Royal Doors of the iconostasis in St. Nicholas Cathedral of the Intercession Monastery. Kyiv.
In 2023, the Day of Peter and Paul is celebrated on July 12, on the eve of the holiday, the Petrovsky (Apostolic) fast ends. But already from 2024, Orthodox Ukrainians will be able to celebrate the Day of Peter and Paul on June 29, together with Western Rite Christians.
2023 року День Петра та Павла відзначають 12 липня, напередодні свята закінчується Петровський (Апостольський) піст. Але вже з 2024 року православні українці зможуть святкувати День Петра та Павла 29 червня разом із християнами західного обряду, адже
з 1 вересня 2023 року Православна Церква України перейде на новоюліанський календар для нерухомих свят.
Peter is always listed first among the Twelve Apostles in the Gospels and in the Book of Acts.
The Gospels and Acts portray Peter as the most prominent apostle, though he denied Jesus three times during the events of the crucifixion. According to the Christian tradition, Peter was the first disciple to whom Jesus appeared, balancing Peter's denial and restoring his position. Peter is regarded as the first leader of the early Church, though he was soon eclipsed in this leadership by James the Just, "the brother of the Lord". Because Peter was the first to whom Jesus appeared, the leadership of Peter forms the basis of the Apostolic succession and the institutional power of orthodoxy, as the heirs of Peter, and he is described as "the rock" on which the church will be built.
Paul, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. Generally regarded as one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age, he founded several Christian communities in Asia Minor and Europe from the mid-40s to the mid-50s AD.
Fourteen of the 27 books in the New Testament have traditionally been attributed to Paul. Seven of the Pauline epistles are undisputed by scholars as being authentic, with varying degrees of argument about the remainder.
“Last Supper, also called Lord’s Supper, in the New Testament, the final meal shared by Jesus and his disciples in an upper room in Jerusalem, the occasion of the institution of the Eucharist. The story of the Last Supper on the night before Christ’s crucifixion is reported in four books of the New Testament (Matthew 26:17–29; Mark 14:12–25; Luke 22:7–38; and I Corinthians 11:23–25). The letters of the St. Paul the Apostle and the Acts of the Apostles demonstrate that early Christians believed that this institution included a mandate to continue the celebration as an anticipation in this life of the joys of the banquet that was to come in the kingdom of God.”
July 12, 2023. The 504th day of war in Ukraine. The Last Supper icon surrounded by icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul above the Royal Doors of the iconostasis in St. Nicholas Cathedral of the Intercession Monastery. Kyiv.
In 2023, the Day of Peter and Paul is celebrated on July 12, on the eve of the holiday, the Petrovsky (Apostolic) fast ends. But already from 2024, Orthodox Ukrainians will be able to celebrate the Day of Peter and Paul on June 29, together with Western Rite Christians.
2023 року День Петра та Павла відзначають 12 липня, напередодні свята закінчується Петровський (Апостольський) піст. Але вже з 2024 року православні українці зможуть святкувати День Петра та Павла 29 червня разом із християнами західного обряду, адже
з 1 вересня 2023 року Православна Церква України перейде на новоюліанський календар для нерухомих свят.
Peter is always listed first among the Twelve Apostles in the Gospels and in the Book of Acts.
The Gospels and Acts portray Peter as the most prominent apostle, though he denied Jesus three times during the events of the crucifixion. According to the Christian tradition, Peter was the first disciple to whom Jesus appeared, balancing Peter's denial and restoring his position. Peter is regarded as the first leader of the early Church, though he was soon eclipsed in this leadership by James the Just, "the brother of the Lord". Because Peter was the first to whom Jesus appeared, the leadership of Peter forms the basis of the Apostolic succession and the institutional power of orthodoxy, as the heirs of Peter, and he is described as "the rock" on which the church will be built.
Paul, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. Generally regarded as one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age, he founded several Christian communities in Asia Minor and Europe from the mid-40s to the mid-50s AD.
Fourteen of the 27 books in the New Testament have traditionally been attributed to Paul. Seven of the Pauline epistles are undisputed by scholars as being authentic, with varying degrees of argument about the remainder.
“Last Supper, also called Lord’s Supper, in the New Testament, the final meal shared by Jesus and his disciples in an upper room in Jerusalem, the occasion of the institution of the Eucharist. The story of the Last Supper on the night before Christ’s crucifixion is reported in four books of the New Testament (Matthew 26:17–29; Mark 14:12–25; Luke 22:7–38; and I Corinthians 11:23–25). The letters of the St. Paul the Apostle and the Acts of the Apostles demonstrate that early Christians believed that this institution included a mandate to continue the celebration as an anticipation in this life of the joys of the banquet that was to come in the kingdom of God.”